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No, for sure it is not a bug. When in doubt use the ${name} form inside of double quoted strings, or other contexts with similar rules. This could have happened with a var named $foo

demerphq (dmq but i can't be bothered to log in)

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by demerphq (Chancellor) on Feb 06, 2019 at 12:36 UTC

    That was me. Can't even remember my account name apparently. :-)

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