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safe identifier characters should include '.'

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
go
Domain
security

Research direction

No file or test is named in the issue. Start by searching the repository for safe identifier validation and its existing character-set tests; done means a period is accepted as a safe identifier character and the relevant tests pass.

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Description

. should be safe; there is no reason to disallow it.

Dominant language
Go
Stars
380
Forks
23
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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