directional quotes
Richard (Rikki) Andrew Cattermole
richard at cattermole.co.nz
Tue Aug 13 15:46:01 UTC 2024
On 14/08/2024 3:42 AM, Quirin Schroll wrote:
> With ASCII, what strings are equal and which aren’t is obvious. With
> Unicode, it’s some special circle of hell:
>
> |// This compiles: void main() { int ä = 0; int ä = 1; } |
>
> Maybe I’m overly conservative, but I can tell you, it’s not out of
> spite, it’s just from real, non-hypothetical experience. Probably,
> people who live and work in the US have little to no experience with
> those kinds of issues. UK folk basically only because £ (U+00A3) is
> non-ASCII.
All D code is expected to be in normal form C, eliminating this issue.
Compiler doesn't give you any help on this, Walter didn't want it.
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