diff --git a/tconfpy.py b/tconfpy.py
index ceae2d8..13d20a6 100755
--- a/tconfpy.py
+++ b/tconfpy.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Program Information
 
 PROGNAME = "tconfpy"
-RCSID = "$Id: tconfpy.py,v 1.166 2004/04/08 22:46:52 tundra Exp $"
+RCSID = "$Id: tconfpy.py,v 1.167 2004/04/08 22:56:37 tundra Exp $"
 VERSION = RCSID.split()[2]
 
 # Copyright Information
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@
 Messages["eVALLARGE"]     = FILENUM + "%s Is Larger Than The Maximum Allowed, %s, For Variable '%s'"
 Messages["eVALSMALL"]     = FILENUM + "%s Is Smaller Than The Minimum Allowed, %s, For Variable '%s'"
 Messages["eVARNAMESPC"]   = FILENUM + "Variable Names May Not Contain Whitespace"
+Messages["eVARHASDELIM"]  = FILENUM + "Variable Names May Not Include The '%s' Or '%s' Characters" % (DELIML, DELIMR)
 Messages["eVARNEW"]       = FILENUM + "New Variable Creation Not Permitted"
 Messages["eVARNONAME"]    = FILENUM + "Variable Name Evaluates To Null String.  Not Permitted"
 Messages["eVARREADONLY"]  = FILENUM + "Variable '%s' Is Read-Only.  Cannot Change Its Value"
@@ -1081,6 +1082,11 @@
 
             elif not l:
                 ErrorMsg("eVARNONAME", (cfgfile, linenum))
+
+            # Variables may not contain reference delimiters
+
+            elif l.count(DELIML) or l.count(DELIMR):
+                ErrorMsg("eVARHASDELIM", (cfgfile, linenum))
                     
             # Suppress attempts to set variables named starting
             # with certain reserved symbols because dereferencing