[TYPO3] TypoScript copy operator for "variables"/"properties"?

[Dmitry Dulepov [typo3]]

Hi!

Niels Fröhling wrote:
> Is there a "standard" recommendation to create the effect of 
> property-copying in typoscript like this?:
> 
> socialthing {
>  british = tea
>  ostfriesisch < british
> }

ostfriesisch < .british

> I know this doesn't work because (I assume) "british" isn't actually an 
> object like:
> 
> socialthing {
>  british = TEXT
>  british.value = tea
>  ostfriesisch < british
> }

Same as above.

> The problem is, that I basically create very huge "lists" of typoscript 
> "variables", of those several should
> just contain copies of others (because they are the same, but may become 
> "specialized" later).
> As the "lists" contains a lot of distinct entries as well as very big 
> contents, the typoscript becomes
> absolutely unmaintainable if I would copy by myself:
> 
> socialthing {
>  british = tea ...
>  ostfriesisch = tea ...
>  indian = tea ...
>  australian = tea ...
>  ...
> }
> 
> Maybe it would be nice to actually define real lists (like CSS):
> 
> # "object"
> socialthing {
>  # "list", multiline content
>  british, ostfriesisch, indian, australian (
>    tea
>  )
>  # "list", multiline content
>  austrian, elsalvadorian (
>    coffee
>  )
> }

Not possible as list but possible with copy operator.

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