Thomas Lumley • 7/26/2022

ASCII and beyond — will it play in Peoria?

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This technical article discusses the rationale behind R CMD check's warnings for non-ASCII strings in data objects and variable names. It explains that while R can handle Unicode characters, the primary concern is ensuring worldwide portability of R packages for users with different system locales and font setups, which is a core priority for CRAN.

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