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[-] x4740N@lemmy.world 94 points 5 months ago

Wouldn't most development programs tell them the syntax error on the line and column where you replaced the semicolon

This wouldn't work

[-] ShortFuse@lemmy.world 78 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

VSCode will add a yellow box around the character and tell you it's an uncommon glyph.

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_63#_unicode-highlighting

To note, this came about because it could be valid code and it's a security risk from copy/pasting malicious code. See:

https://certitude.consulting/blog/en/invisible-backdoor/

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