CEP-0014: permit lists in context

cep-0014.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 <tr><td> Status </td><td> Accepted</td></tr>
 <tr><td> Author(s) </td><td> Wolf Vollprecht &lt;wolf@prefix.dev&gt;</td></tr>
 <tr><td> Created </td><td> May 23, 2023</td></tr>
-<tr><td> Updated </td><td> Sep 24, 2025</td></tr>
+<tr><td> Updated </td><td> Sep 26, 2025</td></tr>
 <tr><td> Discussion </td><td> https://github.com/conda-incubator/ceps/pull/56 </td></tr>
 <tr><td> Implementation </td><td>https://github.com/prefix-dev/rattler-build</td></tr>
 </table>
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ To benefit from autocompletion, and other LSP features in editors, we can add a
 ### Context section
 
 The context section is a dictionary with key-value pairs that can be used for string interpolation.
-The right-hand side of the key-value pair is a scalar (bool, number or string).
+The right-hand side of the key-value pair is either a scalar (bool, number or string), or a list of scalars.
+If it is a list, all elements must have exactly the same type.
+The resulting Jinja variable has the same type as the value.
 
 The variables can reference other variables from the context section.
 
@@ -84,6 +86,9 @@ context:
   variable: test
   # note that we can reference previous values, that means that they are rendered in order
   other_variable: test_${{ variable }}
+  sequence_variable:
+    - value1
+    - value2
 ```
 
 ### Package section
@@ -835,3 +840,4 @@ extra:
 ## Changelog
 
 - September 24, 2025: Removed `about.license_url` as the field exists but is unused in `conda-build`.
+- September 26, 2025: Permits lists of scalars in `context`.