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Idea: #" and "# ligatures for Swift

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Description

Swift 5 has a new delimiter syntax for raw strings, so all of the following are now possible:

"some string"
#"some string"#
##"some string"##
// and so on

Those might look neat as a ligature. Rust supposedly uses something similar.

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Research direction

Start with the Swift 5 raw-string delimiter examples in the issue and compare the referenced Rust syntax. Done means Fira Code renders the requested #"..."# and ##"..."## patterns as ligatures; the issue names no repository files or tests, so those entry points must be located first.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust, swift
Domain
design
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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