# Syntax: Escape hatch for unicode haters

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/syntax-escape-hatch-for-unicode-haters/108363>\
**Category:** Internals & Design\
**Tags:** syntax, unicode\
**Created:** [January 4, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/syntax-escape-hatch-for-unicode-haters/108363 "2024-01-04T23:55:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/syntax-escape-hatch-for-unicode-haters/108363/56 "2024-01-09T14:38:05Z")

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Hey everyone, we’ve [had this rodeo before](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/unicode-a-bad-idea-in-general/99897). Unicode isn’t going anywhere, neither in the world at large nor [in Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-julia-is-not-at-that-stage-of-development-anymore/44872) nor in any other modern language.

The topic at hand here is if adding an ASCII-equivalent syntax to enter unicode identifiers (as is possible in Javascript) would actually help alleviate any difficulties and if it’d be a good idea.

Let’s not just argue with eachother here for the sake of arguing, please.

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