PowerShell / PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer

Warn against unicode characters

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Issue - Enhancement Up-for-Grabs
Dominant language
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Description

Summary of the new feature

When using the double quote in Chinese, PSSA should throw an error or warning.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Three cases as follows:

Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition '$a = "b“; Write-Output $a'
Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition '$a = “b“; Write-Output $a'
Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition '$a = “b"; Write-Output $a'

What is the latest version of PSScriptAnalyzer at the point of writing

v1.18.3

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Begin by running the three Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer examples in the issue and compare how PSScriptAnalyzer currently handles each quote combination. Trace the analyzer path that parses or reports these scripts, then add coverage for the intended warning or error behavior and verify all three cases.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
powershell
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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