[Remind-Fans] misleading error message on pasted field

[Ian! D. Allen]

The man page says:

    You  cannot  use  expression-pasting to determine the type (MSG,
    CAL, etc.) of a REM command.

Not entirely true.  This works (MSG could be CAL or maybe any type keyword):

    SET V "MSG"
    REM [V] Hi There.

This also works (leading blanks):

    SET V "    MSG"
    REM [V] Hi There.

This curiously gives an error (trailing blanks):

    SET V "MSG    "
    REM [V] Hi There.

    Can't nest MSG, MSF, RUN, etc. in expression

This works without error (defaults to type "MSG", output: junk Hi There):

    SET V "junk"
    REM [V] Hi There.

This also works (leading blanks, still defaults to "MSG"):

    SET V "    junk"
    REM [V] Hi There.

This (trailing blanks) gives a misleading error message:

    SET V "junk    "
    REM [V] Hi There.

    Can't nest MSG, MSF, RUN, etc. in expression

Can that be improved?

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