Unicode characters in CoffeeScript (and similar) lexers
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Description
(Original issue 1108 created by ugoertz on 2015-04-30T14:17:22.634710+00:00)
It would be good to use the JS_IDENT expression used in the JavaScript lexer to detect identifiers (cf. issue #999) also in CoffeeScript (and maybe some/all of the other languages in the javascript.py lexer file). Thanks!
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Research direction
Start with lexers/javascript.py and the JS_IDENT expression, then inspect the CoffeeScript lexer and issue #999 for scope. Done means Unicode identifiers are recognized in CoffeeScript and any clearly applicable sibling lexers without regressing existing lexer behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- coffeescript, javascript, python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100