Can't access to the variable in object macro after just defining the variable

[ghost]

# in python

> object tempCall python
   return 'right'
< object

< object test python

   temp_query = rs.get_uservar(rs.current_user(),"temp_query")
   print(temp_query)

> object

# in rivescript

+ xyz (x|y|z)
- <set temp_query=answer is <call>tempCall <star></call>
^ <call>test</call>

Output:
answer is {_call_}tempCall x{_call_}

I was hoping for 'answer is right' as an output.

How do I make it work? Am I missing something? Please guide me. Thanks!

[kirsle]

- <set temp_query=answer is <call>tempCall <star></call>

Unfortunately, this syntax doesn't work; the <call> tag is the very last one processed after tags like <get> and <set> had already been handled.

However, you can set user variables from inside the object macro itself as a workaround:

> object tempCall python
    rs.set_uservar( rs.current_user(), "temp_query", "right")
< object

+ xyz (x|y|z)
- <call>tempCall <star></call>

---

Background: tags are processed using regular expressions and are done in a certain order. The only set of tags that can be nested in arbitrary order are the variable-setter tags like <get>, <set>, <add> and so on; but that's because each of those tags conveniently starts and ends with <angle brackets> so a recursive regexp can handle them from inner-most to outer-most. But tags like <call>...</call> have inner contents and would be more tricky to handle that way.

[ghost]

Thank you for your response! I'll check it out and get back to you.