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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish53•10 months agoAny remotely capable IDE will immediately show you what, and where, the problem is.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•10 months agoit would still be confusing why all semicolons are highlighted
minus-square@etlerlink2•10 months agoThat means that detection was added explicitly because this prank was done enough that it was worth it to add.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•10 months agoThe reason is in fact not only because of this exact symbol, but because people tried to change program’s behavior in a malicious way by replacing legitimate code with same looking symbols.
Any remotely capable IDE will immediately show you what, and where, the problem is.
it would still be confusing why all semicolons are highlighted
VSCode has a special case for this
That means that detection was added explicitly because this prank was done enough that it was worth it to add.
We do a little trolling
The reason is in fact not only because of this exact symbol, but because people tried to change program’s behavior in a malicious way by replacing legitimate code with same looking symbols.