hi Miller,
If it's just local, the "list" object will do it (floats and symbols are just one-element lists).
If you want something that (like 'value') can be accessed by name or pointer elsewhere in the patch, you might want the "text" object (in git repo, upcoming for version 0.45). If you're insteested in trying it and don't want to compile your own write back and I can put out a "test" release - there's a bunch still to do but it seems to be working OK.
I want it to be accessed by pointer somewhere else so I guess I'll give [text] a try..
thanks! y
ps: pd would not build from master like 5 days ago on my machine (up-to-date archlinux) but I didn't folow recent commits so maybe that's fixed already..