[Bug c++/109936] error: extended character ≠ is not valid in an identifier

[adam at wozniakconsulting dot com]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109936

--- Comment #15 from Adam Wozniak <adam at wozniakconsulting dot com> ---
(In reply to Jonathan Wakely from comment #6)
> ≠ cannot be used in an identifier, and it's none of the other forms either.

at the risk of beating a dead horse, what you are saying here is that ≠ simply
cannot be used, ever, anywhere, in C/C++.

that seems like kind of a waste.  a whole raft of unicode characters that
simply cannot be used.  so much for embracing unicode.  Maybe someone wants to
name a variable "§32" for some reason, but can't because...

why exactly?

because the spec says so.