UnicodeInCode
Avoid using non-ASCII Unicode characters outside of comments and literals, as they can be confusing.

The problem

Using non-ASCII Unicode characters in code can be confusing, and potentially unsafe.

For example, homoglyphs can result in a different method to the one that was expected being invoked.

import static com.google.common.base.Objects.equal; public void isAuthenticated(String password) { // The "l" here is not what it seems. return equaⅼ(password, this.password()); } // ... private boolean equaⅼ(String a, String b) { return true; } 

Suppression

Suppress false positives by adding the suppression annotation @SuppressWarnings("UnicodeInCode") to the enclosing element.