recognize and allow all 8 bits of ascii characters

Resolves jumanjihouse#63 (allow copyright character)
jumanjiman · Jul 13, 2020 · 82acbc5 · 82acbc5
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -317,7 +317,8 @@ in the source code for individual overrides.
 
 **What it does**
 
-Requires that text files have ascii-encoding.
+Requires that text files have ascii-encoding, including the
+[extended ascii set](https://theasciicode.com.ar/).
 This is useful to detect files that have unicode characters.
 
 **Custom configuration (overrides)**

diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/require-ascii.py b/pre_commit_hooks/require-ascii.py
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 
 status = 0
 
+# https://theasciicode.com.ar/
+MAX_ASCII_CODE = 255
+
 for filename in sys.argv:
     line_num = 0
     with open(filename, 'r', encoding='UTF-8') as fh:
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@
             col_num = 0
             for char in line:
                 col_num += 1
-                if ord(char) > 127:
+                if ord(char) > MAX_ASCII_CODE:
                     print(
                         f"{filename}: line {line_num} column {col_num} " +
                         f"character \"{char}\" (decimal {ord(char)})"