Descriptive Problem Summary:
So what I'm talking about is when you're in the map editor and right-click a turf and go to "Edit..." and pick a variable to edit. I'm pretty sure you used to be able to edit a list variable by putting something like this in for the value -- surronding it in braces and separating each thing with a comma: {"List Object One","List Object Two",3,4,"The Cowness"}

I think in 443 that didn't work at all but that seems to be irrelevant because now that I have 445 it just works incorrectly. If I try to make a list of text strings it just does nothing, and if I make a list of numbers it for some reason replaces them with types -- if I hit OK and edit the instance again it'll say {/obj,/mob,/mob/team} instead of {1,2,3}.

I'll also note that if I hit New Instance and the object has a variable defined such as list("One","Two","Three") the value will appear blank in the New Instance box. I haven't tested the effects this strangeness has once the game is running, but mostly because I'm trying to make text lists and text lists throw errors ("[text value] is an invalid tag or path").

This is pretty hard for me to explain... just try putting {1,2,3} as a value for a list-type variable and then try {"Test","Two","Three"} and hopefully you'll get what I'm getting and understand. I first posted this in "Developer How-to" in case I'd simply forgotten the syntax but Garthor seems to agree that the thing's broken, so it shouldn't just be me~

UPDATE: Tom says I was wrong about the braces and I have no idea where I got them from. Oh well. But anyway, the editor does seem to be broken for lists. If I use the correct notation of list("One","Two","Three") and compile the game, it erases my new values. It also does not display the default list value I set in the code and has the "value" box blank.

Numbered Steps to Reproduce Problem:
Make a .dmm map
Edit any atom on the map with the instance editor
Try to edit a variable like "desc" or something that's actually a list, replacing the value with something surrounded in braces like I showed above
Code Snippet (if applicable) to Reproduce Problem:


Expected Results:
It should save my changes to the value
Actual Results:
It does not save my changes, throws errors, or saves something other than what I put in there.
Does the problem occur:
Every time? Or how often?
Every time
In other games?
I've tried two games; the only difference is that inputting numbers into a list changes the types they get replaced by (probably something to do with the order I defined them in; I dunno)
In other user accounts?
untested
On other computers?
untested
When does the problem NOT occur?
Never, I guess.
Workarounds:
Do File->Save to save the map before compiling