Diagnostic

W-FUTURE-READ

A read of another timeframe asks for the future (`future = true`) on a value that is not shifted: a warning with the line and the fix; an info note when the check cannot follow the value.

Kind

WARNING

Raised

While the script is read and checked

Group

Language rules

Message

The message has several forms. The parts in color are filled in with the details of the problem.

This read of another timeframe looks ahead (future = true) on a value that is not shifted: on the bars of a day it shows the day's final figure, which the bar did not have{unshifted}, and a strategy would trade on it{strategy}, and an alert would ring on it{alert}Could not tell whether this read looks ahead: it asks for the future (future = true) on a value the check cannot follow{unknown}. The replay found nothing that changed, so what it reads is known at the time{replayed}

Details the message can carry

alert, replayed, strategy, unknown, unshifted

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