Variable working in VarToy but not in Category Formula

[axel.hennig]

I've got a Variable

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{File.MD.XMP::photoshop\DateCreated\DateCreated\0|format:YYYY-MM-DD;datecomp:gt,2008-01-01,TRUE,FALSE}
which works fine in the VarToy-App, but if enter

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"@Variable[{File.MD.XMP::photoshop\DateCreated\DateCreated\0|format:YYYY-MM-DD;datecomp:gt,2008-01-01,TRUE,FALSE},hasvalue]"
it returns: Error Code: [15000]; Invalid expression

What am I doing wrong?

If I enter

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"@Variable[{File.MD.XMP::photoshop\DateCreated\DateCreated\0|format:YYYY-MM-DD},hasvalue]"
it works.

[Mario]

It's the commas that breaks this. Commas are used in Category formulas to separate parameters.
There is no special case for @Variables with variables containing functions with , the implementation I've settled for aims at speed, not at dealing with every possible use case. This is important since @Variable has to be parsed and executed for every file in the database every time.

Since this worked for so long without a problem report, I think not many users will ever use @Variables, or only with simple expressions. I could implement a more complex parser that parses the variable, looking for the final closing } instead of just using , as the Category formula parameter separator, but I have no idea what this would do with the performance. It would be a lot slower I think. Need to think about this.

I'll move this as alow-prio into bug reports for now.

[Mario]

I have fixed this for IMatch 2023.3.6 (out just now).

[axel.hennig]

Thanks