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I basically agree with you, but note that code points are not the same as characters or glyphs. Iterating over code points is a code smell to me. There is proba
by TorKlingberg 10y ago
I basically agree with you, but note that code points are not the same as characters or glyphs. Iterating over code points is a code smell to me. There is probably a library function that does what you actually want.
- deathanatos 10y agoI explicitly mention exactly this in my comment, and provide an example of where it breaks down. The point, which I also heavily noted in the post, is that it's a litmus test. If a language can't pass the iterate-over-code-points bar, do you really think it would give you access to characters or glyphs?