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 ## Rules and limits
 
  - **Expressions only.** `VAR_LOGIC` must be a single SAS expression - no semicolons, macro triggers (`%`, `&`) or comments. Conditional logic is available through functions such as `ifc()`, `choosec()`, `cats()`, `catx()`, `put()`, `input()` and `intnx()`.
- - **Dependencies declared.** `VAR_DEPS` lists every input the expression uses - physical columns and derived variables alike. Statements are generated in dependency order, so no sequence number is maintained, and the declaration is checked in both directions: every reference must be declared, and every declared name must be referenced and must exist. A cycle is rejected.
+ - **Dependencies declared.** `VAR_DEPS` lists every input the expression uses - physical columns and derived variables alike. Statements are generated in dependency order, so no sequence number is maintained, and the declaration is checked in both directions: every reference must be declared, and every declared name must be referenced and must exist. Circular references are rejected.
  - **No collisions.** `VAR_NM` must not match an existing column of the target table, or `_____DELETE__THIS__RECORD_____`.
  - **Read-only.** Derived columns cannot be edited in the grid, and any value submitted for them is discarded before the approval package is created.
  - **Recomputed on every read.** The value always reflects the current data and the current definition, and there is no history of previous derived values.