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Type for valid CMake variable name #118

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@AutonomicPerfectionist

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Right now, when we want to say "this parameter must be a string denoting a valid CMake variable name," we use the desc type. However, desc is allowed to contain spaces and other special characters that are not valid in CMake variable names. This results in signatures not being specific enough and can lead to very hard-to-debug errors

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It would be nice to introduce a new built-in type, say we call it identifier, that is descended from desc but adds additional restrictions such that every identifier is guaranteed to be a valid CMake identifier. Pointers can then descend from identifier instead of desc. fxn may also descend from identifier since command names also follow the same restrictions.

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