[Bug] Claude refuses to modify Unicode character literal ranges without explanation

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened May 6, 2026 by tilusnet Closed Jun 3, 2026

Bug Description
I was not able to get Claude generate a simple line like

'\u4e00' <= ch <= '\u9fff' or  # CJK Unified Ideographs

It kept going in circles refusing to do what I asked:
"now modify _is_cjk() so that it references character literals by their unicodes."

The original code:

'一' <= ch <= '鿿' or  # CJK Unified Ideographs

it gave no explanation either, it just went in circles trying to do nothing.

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: iTerm.app
  • Version: 2.1.129
  • Feedback ID: 3698cf89-0088-46f3-8a07-b1c76b3d82c4

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