Beware the Cultural Nuances of Code: The Turkish 'İ' Uppercase Trap
2025-05-06
This article highlights a surprising bug: string case comparisons fail in Turkish culture. The uppercase of 'i' in Turkish is the dotted 'İ', unlike English 'I', causing simple string comparisons to fail. The author advocates using `StringComparison.Ordinal` or `StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase` for string comparisons and recommends using Visual Studio's Code Analysis tool to prevent such issues. A phased approach to adding rules and managing them via ruleset files is suggested, ultimately preventing bugs stemming from cultural differences.
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