BatchLang/Blinter v1.1.71

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[1.1.71] - 2026-11-14

Fixed

• E010 reports a FOR that starts after &, &&, ||, or | on a caret-joined line, such as echo ready & ^ followed by for %%A in (a) echo %%A. A space before for is still escaped, so that word is not a FOR command. 2>&1 stays a redirection
• E001 and E040 no longer treat ( after echo ^, or after do echo, as a block parenthesis. That includes an indented ( on the next line. do (, else if, and a real IF or FOR block parenthesis are unchanged
• A " escaped by the previous line's caret does not open a quote, so E009 stays quiet and the block scan still sees the rest of the command. A label ending in ^ still owns the following lines when one starts with ". r^ / em is still a remark, so a later ) is not E001
• do rem on a continued FOR is a remark, so the group after it is not E001. if 1==1 (^ followed by rem note) keeps that ) inside the remark
• E010 no longer reports a caret-joined FOR whose DO keyword is on a later physical line. That includes a FOR /F backquoted command, a list value that looks like rem and continues with another caret, a DO keyword split as d^ / o, and a FOR keyword split as f^ / or when the set continues with (
• DO has to be the first token after the IN set: do inside the set, echo do, and do( without a space do not count. An apostrophe in O'Brien or at the start of 'Brien, a backtick, and a ) inside "a)b" or "a""b)c" do not hide that DO
• The first character of each continued line is escaped, so do^ followed by a space and echo, or by (, ), ", or ^, and & rem are not syntax. A later & rem on that continued line still ends the command, as does do rem once the joined FOR is read as one command, including when DO is split as d^ / o rem
• (rem inside the set is list text, not a remark. An extra ( in the set does not nest, so do rem after that ) still ends the command, including when rem is split across carets as r^ / e^ / m. A remark that mentions in (...) is still a remark
• A quoted ) do rem inside the set is a value, so that caret still joins, including when the quote is on the FOR's first line. A ) inside a FOR /F backtick command still closes the set. A FOR that still has no DO after those lines are joined is still E010

Changed

• The MegaLinter install pin is 1.1.71