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> can we please, please, please keep source code files as pure ascii? Asking as a non-native english speaker. There're a lot of tools If there are tools that b
by lucideer 9y ago
> can we please, please, please keep source code files as pure ascii? Asking as a non-native english speaker. There're a lot of tools
If there are tools that break when this happens, those tools need to be fixed. Bugs in those tools need to be found (through usage) and reported. If we avoid the problem by strictly sticking to ascii in source files, that amounts to sweeping those bugs under the carpet.
Furthermore, another commenter said "use good tools". The inverse of this—don't use bad tools—is important: developing tools that correctly handle encoding issues needs to be seen by developers as a priority. There needs to be a ramification (in the form of bug reports, complaints, etc.) if encoding issues are not considered by tool makers.
- golergka 9y agoThis is all good and well, but there are also projects that need to be delivered in this imperfect world and imperfect tools that we have. And I'd rather assume the worst of the world in the beginning and take appropriate precautions than debug some tooling problem right on the day of the release.
- lucideer 9y agoYou're right, economic incentives do usually favour ignoring/avoiding difficult problems and increasing technical debt. but I'd generally like to approach that as a pragmatic balance between what should be done and what needs to be in the short-term.
- golergka 9y ago> ignoring/avoiding difficult problems and increasing technical debt Technical debt, like any debt, shouldn't be blindly avoided, but instead managed in a smart way. But anyway - it is not my debt or problems to solve. Most of the tools I'm talking about are closed source, and I wouldn't be able to do anything with them except hacking around.