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Single quotes in clike

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Description

Single quotes in c/c++ and some other languages should identify only a single character and not actual strings.

I know the clike component is used by a lot of other components so i'm guessing we should change the components of the languages that use single quotes for singles characters instead.

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Research direction

Start with the clike component and the C/C++ language components, then inspect other components that use single quotes for character literals. Confirm how single-quoted characters and strings are currently highlighted, and verify that the affected components distinguish them correctly without breaking languages that rely on clike.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, cpp, javascript
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
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Mostly clear
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