Make JDK source code UTF-8

Re:Make JDK source code UTF-8 by gwbas1c on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @10:04PM (#34978266)

> I have seen codebases in English with the aforementioned é in a function name

Can that be blocked with something like .editorconfig?

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Re:Make JDK source code UTF-8 by ywain on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @10:20PM (#34978361)

You'd need something that can actually parse the language to apply rules on language constructs like identifiers. I don't think EditorConfig supports this, but a linting tool would be able to.

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Re:Make JDK source code UTF-8 by gwbas1c on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @11:30PM (#34978774)

The dotnet ecosystem's formatting rules are all specified in .editorconfig.

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