Char literal syntax highlighting wrong for double-quote '"'

[wyckster]

Issue Type: Bug

The Kotlin syntax for a double-quote char literal is '"'. Enter this by typing '"'. This syntax is highlighted incorrectly in vscode. It's highlighted as if the double-quotes somehow trump the single-quote char literals, which they should not.

Here is some Kotlin source code that illustrates the problem.

val a = '"'
val dummy1 = 1
val b = '"'
val dummy2 = 2

Here is an image showing the incorrect syntax highlighting in vscode:

Compare to an image of some correct highlighting from Android Studio:

Extension version: 1.7.1
VS Code version: Code 1.52.1 (ea3859d4ba2f3e577a159bc91e3074c5d85c0523, 2020-12-16T16:34:46.910Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19042

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 x 3410)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled flash_3d: enabled flash_stage3d: enabled flash_stage3d_baseline: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: disabled_off opengl: enabled_on protected_video_decode: unavailable_off rasterization: enabled skia_renderer: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	31.95GB (8.58GB free)
Process Argv	. --crash-reporter-id e5e654ef-9a6a-490b-ab1a-fca91fec1429
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

A/B Experiments

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pythonvsded773:30236629
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[schaazzz]

2025 and the issue is still present, has there been any update for this issue?

[LeandroVCastro]

I didn't see your issue and I just opened another with same content #69

Apparently is an old bug, right?

Sad.