Strange behavior around smart quotes
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Description
Formatting this ...
function foo(): bool
{
print (“In new_value”);
}
... yields:
function foo(): bool
{
print ( “ “ In new_value ” );
}
Parsing does flag an error (cannot parse line 2, col 8: "“In") ... likely one of many quirks lurking in unicode handling.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the formatting and parsing behavior with the smart-quote example in the issue. Trace how Unicode quotation marks are handled during formatting and parsing, then determine the intended behavior and verify it with a regression case covering the reported output and parse error.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Needs clarification
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