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Unicode tricks in pull requests: Do review tools warn us? (semanticdiff.com)
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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This doesn't work for code bases written in non-English languages. Especially east asian languages.

Any line containing an identifier that is also a word would be highlighted.

More and more programming languages are supporting unicode identifiers for this use case.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    So it won't work for 0.0001% of all github projects.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I'd suggest to have the occasional look at the "most popular repos" ranking. It's about 50% Chinese.

    Super-interesting sometimes as it shows completely different tech trends.

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