Wouldn't most development programs tell them the syntax error on the line and column where you replaced the semicolon
This wouldn't work
VSCode will add a yellow box around the character and tell you it's an uncommon glyph.
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_63#_unicode-highlighting
To note, this came about because it could be valid code and it's a security risk from copy/pasting malicious code. See:
Just tested in the console, it gives an illegal character error and gives you the line number.
It would work for someone just starting and not knowing good tooling yet. However, the compiler should also tell you where to look and give you the area to look at as well. It'll be less clear than an IDE, though.
Yeah, doing something similar with brackets would be much more effective since that usually doesn't give a line number. Is there a unicode clone of )?
Yup. It's as if we're assuming this friend is coding inside Notepad.
Why, of all possible languages, would you suggest this for Javascript where semicolons are not mandatory
Not only that, the interpreter will point directly to the line of code and possibly to the exact character that is the problem. Any programmer worth anything would find the issue or, worst case, retype the line of code and have the problem fixed rather quickly. “Illegal character” is a pretty easy error to diagnose.
But…I still chuckled a little at the intent of the joke. I’m sure there are better pranks one could come up with, though.
rule 24
Ask the author of this meme.
Even better would be to remap their keyboard's semicolon key to that symbol
Before I read this comment I believed the concept of hell was immoral.
We all have the one friend or coworker..
you are a criminal.
Meanwhile in VS Code: hey, I see this Unicode symbol that's confused for this expected symbol, would you like to replace it?
Maybe if you're "coding" in notepad
I had a friend who was a compsci minor who did almost the entirety of said minor on a really old chromebook. They did everything on a basic text editor. You would be surprised
MSVC supports unicode. In C or C++, you could try:
#define ; ;
Second one is the greek semicolon but the client I'm using may strip it out. I'm too lazy to try.
Running #define ; anything yields error: macro names must be identifiers for both C and C++ in an online compiler. So I don't think the compiler will let you redefine the semicolon.
I'm not sure but I think the second one looks just a tiny bit different, so it should have worked.
U+037E
BOM U+FEFF is another fun one, most editors won't show it but it can cause errors like when I found one in a SQL script that was combined from existing utf-8 files together with cat. You'll see it in a hex editor or in notepad I think it just made the rest of the line italic.
That's too evil. At my work people like to put a tape under someone's mouse and it can be pretty funny.
If you get a post-it just right halfway over the lens, the mouse will only move in one direction!
Wanted to use this to prank a colleague but SQL server accepts that as well lol
Hah. Try it on my version controlled project!
What? Remapping your keyboard? Well, there are worst jokes, I still remember that time when the first PCs appeared and you could try them in shopping centers. They quickly stopped doing this, because some went into the BIOS and disabled the keyboard or worse, the screen, Hail Satan. Good ol' times 😏
8===D (;)
Replace all
HiltWould be cooler if u do it in C
Rust doesn't let you do this. Crab stays winning.
u/foundsatan
Imagine using a language that still uses semicolons.
I still use it in Spanish, English and also in German, but certainly not very often.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/a-guide-to-using-semicolons
What about the Oxford semicolon in formal languages?
I use Rust
You don't have to, you currently are
