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[feature request] add support for unicode identifier for variable name
A request from Discord: I wanna be able to do stuff like
💬 'OK OK OK', 'god dammit', 23
📡 = require'satellite'
in no way is this an incredibly important or helpful idea, but i would be happy to use it if it existed.
Added unicode identifier support for variable names, table indexing, goto labels, macro names and other syntax that can be possible via commit e61cce21ef7def2c2e52dd6cb6a5b540ebcac29d. The code
💬 = print
💬 'OK OK OK', 'god dammit', 23
📡 = require'satellite'
will be compiled to:
local _ud83d_udcac = print
_ud83d_udcac('OK OK OK', 'god dammit', 23)
local _ud83d_udce1 = require('satellite')
And that will leave a problem when you are using unicode names for global variables:
global 🌛 = "moon"
assert _G.🌛 == 🌛, "can not access this global variable with the unicode name"
compiles:
_ud83c_udf1b = "moon"
return assert(_G["🌛"] == _ud83c_udf1b, "can not access this global variable with the unicode name")