blockly produce id with back tick `

[fajar rokhman]

HI,

this is a random issue, but happens often on me.

blockly produce id with random string that sometimes contains a  back tick(`)
this break my javascript application.

is this intentional?

[Aaron Dodson]

Hi,

Yes, backticks are part of the character set that Blockly uses to generate IDs. If the ID is treated as a string, this should work fine; situations where it breaks things typically indicate that values are being interpolated, eval'ed, or otherwise being handled oddly. If you're able to share the error you're running into and/or the code in question we might be able to give you some pointers.

- Aaron

[fajar rokhman]

I follow the guide here:
https://developers.google.com/blockly/guides/app-integration/running-javascript#highlight_blocks

A backtick is a javascript-reserved word used to create a template string. When the ID has a backtick, the code will break.

I can encode and decode the ID manually. But I think it is better to remove the backtick from ID.

[Neil Fraser]

Am Di., 5. Nov. 2024 um 11:20 Uhr schrieb fajar rokhman <rokhma...@gmail.com>:

I follow the guide here:
https://developers.google.com/blockly/guides/app-integration/running-javascript#highlight_blocks

A backtick is a javascript-reserved word used to create a template string. When the ID has a backtick, the code will break.

I can encode and decode the ID manually. But I think it is better to remove the backtick from ID.

There is a relevant comment on line 10 here:

https://github.com/google/blockly/blob/develop/core/utils/idgenerator.ts

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