[Mono-bugs] [Bug 676476] New: multibyte character in character literal produces CS1012, while MS Implementation does not.

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           Summary: multibyte character in character literal produces
                    CS1012, while MS Implementation does not.
    Classification: Mono
           Product: Mono: Compilers
           Version: 2.10.x
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: C#
        AssignedTo: msafar at novell.com
        ReportedBy: himajin100000 at gmail.com
         QAContact: mono-bugs at lists.ximian.com
          Found By: ---
           Blocker: ---


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if you use a multibyte character for char literal, compilation fails producing
"CS1012 Too many characters in character literal" and "CS1525 Unexpected symbol
`<internal>'"

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. try to compile the following code.

class Z{
        public static void Main(){
                char x = '●';
        }
}
Actual Results:  
prog.cs(3,28): error CS1012: Too many characters in character literal
prog.cs(3,30): error CS1525: Unexpected symbol `<internal>'
Compilation failed: 2 error(s), 0 warnings

as shown in http://ideone.com/uEtdX

Expected Results:  
sourcecode compiles successfully.

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