this works when creating the object

but when you reopen the patch it gets ruined

I'm running 0.49, but this happens on 0.48, and the workaround is to separate the "/" with spaces. a "1/x_$0" string works, is just when using something like $f1 that this happens
This is probably the same issue as #402.
It's related to the new string handling which escapes $ and other special characters. I suppose the strings in expr shouldn't be escaped (at least in the same way).
Problem already apparently existed in 0.48-2... putting off dealing with it for now.
Closing this as it's a duplicate of #402
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This is probably the same issue as #402.