lspitzner/brittany

Support extension UnicodeSyntax

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#127 opened on Mar 16, 2018

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Description

brittany discards Unicode symbols that GHC supports. For example, it will format something like

f :: A → B → C

as

f :: A -> B -> C

Contributor guide

Research direction
Investigate how brittany currently processes UnicodeSyntax and modify the relevant code to preserve Unicode characters. Look for any ASCII only replacements.
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Bug
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3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
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HaskellGit
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60