cannot use unicode in variable names

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cody - 20 Oct 2005 14:18 GMT

for example i cannot use the dollar-sign or the euro-sign in a variable name
although c# itself allows it.
is this a bug?

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Oliver Sturm - 20 Oct 2005 17:24 GMT

>for example i cannot use the dollar-sign or the euro-sign in a variable
>name although c# itself allows it.
>is this a bug?

What do you mean "although c# itself allows it"? Reading the C# language
specs, section 2.4.2 defines an "identifier" as C# allows it. Valid
characters are defined by Unicode character classes, and while Nd is
included (a simple digit), Sc (currency symbols) is not in the list.

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cody - 20 Oct 2005 19:00 GMT

Sorry I was wrong about that, I noticed that $ signs can be used in
identifiers in J#.NET so I assumed this would be true for C# as well.

>>for example i cannot use the dollar-sign or the euro-sign in a variable
>>name although c# itself allows it.
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> Oliver Sturm

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