src: Compiler, interpreter and parser updates for UTF-8

[nit.git] / src / parser / lexer_work.nit

diff --git a/src/parser/lexer_work.nit b/src/parser/lexer_work.nit
index 0f06bce..94810af 100644 (file)
--- a/src/parser/lexer_work.nit
+++ b/src/parser/lexer_work.nit
@@ -164,7 +164,17 @@ class Lexer
                        if sp >= string_len then
                                dfa_state = -1
                        else
+                               # Very ugly hack, this is because of the way SableCC generates its tables.
+                               # Due to the 0xFFFF limit of a Java char, when a big Nit char is read (i.e.
+                               # code point > 65535), it crashes.
+                               #
+                               # Hence, if a char has a code point <= 255 (ISO8859 range), it is left as is.
+                               # Else, it is replaced by 255.
+                               # This does not corrupt the lexer and works perfectly on any character.
+                               #
+                               # TL;DR: Java fucked up, need retarded solution to cope for retarded decision
                                var c = string[sp].ascii
+                               if c >= 256 then c = 255
                                sp += 1
 
                                var cr = _cr