#8524: GHC is inconsistent with the Haskell Report on which Unicode characters are allowed in string and character literals -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: oerjan | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: Component: Compiler | Version: 7.6.3 Resolution: | Keywords: newcomer Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: GHC rejects | Unknown/Multiple valid program | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: | Differential Revisions: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Changes (by thomie): * keywords: => newcomer * priority: normal => low Comment: We should probably follow the report here. Shouldn't be too difficult. The file to change is `compiler/parser/Lexer.x`. Look at the functions `lex_string` and `lex_stringgap`. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8524#comment:1 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler