Commit 783656cf authored by Malcolm Tredinnick's avatar Malcolm Tredinnick
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Documented the permitted syntax for template variable names.

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@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ Variables

Variables look like this: ``{{ variable }}``. When the template engine
encounters a variable, it evaluates that variable and replaces it with the
result.
result. Variable names consist of any combination of alphanumeric characters
and the underscore (``"_"``). The dot (``"."``) also appears in variable
sections, although that has a special meaning, as indicated below.
Importantly, *you cannot have spaces or punctuation characters in variable
names.*

Use a dot (``.``) to access attributes of a variable.