# Single Quoted Character Literals (Why yes, again)

**URL:** <https://forums.swift.org/t/single-quoted-character-literals-why-yes-again/61898>\
**Category:** Pitches\
**Created:** [December 7, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/single-quoted-character-literals-why-yes-again/61898 "2022-12-07T17:32:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![taylorswift](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/taylorswift/32/43413_2.png) [@taylorswift](https://forums.swift.org/u/taylorswift)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/single-quoted-character-literals-why-yes-again/61898/84 "2022-12-13T00:37:42Z")

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i’ve gone back and reworked the proposal based on the feedback from this thread. since it is a significant departure from the proposal in its current form, i decided to post it as a new thread. here is the link for anyone interested:

> [@Single-quoted code unit literals](https://forums.swift.org/t/single-quoted-code-unit-literals/62006):
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> preface: this is a follow-up to [Single Quoted Character Literals (Why yes, again)](https://forums.swift.org/t/single-quoted-character-literals-why-yes-again/61898) . @johnno1962 has communicated to me that he intends to take a short break from swift evolution, so as the other author of the “character literals” pitches, i will fill-in for him in the meantime. in light of some of the feedback we received on the most recent pitch thread, i have gone back and reworked the proposal in an attempt to relieve the logjam. older revisions: [revision 1 (out of date)](https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/1c4c2848312e0f87a6aea96b2ad0b36476cbd6ea/proposals/NNNN-single-quoted-code-unit-literals.md) current revis…

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