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Strange Variable-Name Error When Writing To Base Tag In Adobe ColdFusion 2018
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child.cfm
<cfscript>
parentTag = getBaseTagData( "cf_parent" );
variableName = "$$entity:h1:small-title";
parentTag[ variableName ] = true;
writeDump( parentTag );
</cfscript>
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child2.cfm
<cfscript>
parentTag = getBaseTagData( "cf_parent" );
variableName = "$$entity:h1:small-title";
// NOTE: This time, I am explicitly referencing the VARIABLES scope in the parent
// tag. I'm not relying on Adobe's magical handling of the parent tag context.
parentTag.variables[ variableName ] = true;
writeDump( parentTag );
</cfscript>
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