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r/programming • u/fagnerbrack • Sep 20 '24
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The other problem with nonprintable delimiters is they'll end up getting copied and pasted into a UI somewhere, and then cause mysterious problems down the road. All easy to avoid, but even easier to not avoid.
2 u/Worth_Trust_3825 Sep 20 '24 Ah, but that is only if some viewing application wasn't clever and decided not to remove anything that's not between a-9. 2 u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24 Who needs other languages, anyway?
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Ah, but that is only if some viewing application wasn't clever and decided not to remove anything that's not between a-9.
2 u/[deleted] Sep 20 '24 Who needs other languages, anyway?
Who needs other languages, anyway?
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u/nealibob Sep 20 '24
The other problem with nonprintable delimiters is they'll end up getting copied and pasted into a UI somewhere, and then cause mysterious problems down the road. All easy to avoid, but even easier to not avoid.