#9947: Unicode «other number» characters not consistently accepted in identifiers -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: zardoz | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.4 (Parser) | Operating System: Unknown/Multiple Keywords: | Type of failure: None/Unknown Architecture: | Blocked By: Unknown/Multiple | Related Tickets: Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- I’ve noticed that some characters classified as numeric by the Unicode standard will currently generate a lexical error. E.g., characters from the «enclosed alphanumerics» block don’t work, such as ① (circled digit one, U+2460), despite having being of the general Unicode category «other number». Usually, «other number» characters are accepted in identifiers. E.g., superscripts like «²» work fine. This is related to https://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/5108 , where modifier letters (which are also alphanumeric in Unicode) also throw a lexical error. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9947 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler