[feature request] add support for unicode identifier for variable name
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- Dominant language
- Lua
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Description
A request from Discord:
I wanna be able to do stuff like
💬 'OK OK OK', 'god dammit', 23
📡 = require'satellite'
in no way is this an incredibly important or helpful idea, but i would be happy to use it if it existed.
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Research direction
The issue names no source file, test, or parser entry point. Start by locating YueScript's identifier parsing, then determine the required Unicode rules and add coverage for the shown emoji variable example; done means valid Unicode identifiers compile and work as variables.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100