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> "IDEs and compilers should ignore character-direction codes when looking at source files." No I think some people would disagree, arabic coders for example.
by zeepzeep 5y ago
> "IDEs and compilers should ignore character-direction codes when looking at source files."
No I think some people would disagree, arabic coders for example. People just need to be aware of this when using unicode in their product.
- samus 5y agoEditors and code views should definitely show when BiDi and other interesting Unicode features are used, just like they already do with spaces and zero-width whitespaces. These features should definitely work, but they are a liability if they can also used to mislead human users. Compiler maintainers need to update the syntax rules to restrict free mixing of unicode characters. Similar restrictions were already adopted in domain names.