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<a name="hacking"></a><h1 class="show-anchors"><div>Hacking<div class="anchors"><a class="self" href="#hacking"></a></div></div></h1>
<p>Things to keep in mind:</p>
<a name="supported-platforms"></a><h3 class="show-anchors"><div>Supported Platforms<div class="anchors"><a class="self" href="#supported-platforms"></a></div></div></h3>
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<a name="dependencies"></a><h3 class="show-anchors"><div>Dependencies<div class="anchors"><a class="self" href="#dependencies"></a></div></div></h3>
<p>Adding a dependency is non-trivial and will require fairly convincing arguments.</p><p>Further, <b>ALL</b> dependencies for ethers, <b>must</b> be MIT licensed or public domain (CC0).</p><p>All contributions to ethers are then included under the MIT license.</p>
<a name="printable-ascii-(7-bit)-characters"></a><h3 class="show-anchors"><div>Printable ASCII (7-bit) Characters<div class="anchors"><a class="self" href="#printable-ascii-(7-bit)-characters"></a></div></div></h3>
<p>All source and documentation files should ONLY use the printable ASCII set.</p><p>This is for several reasons, bu...</p><ul><li>Transmission over certain HTTP servers and proxies can mangle UTF-8 data</li><li>Certain editors on some platforms, or in certain terminals cannot handle UTF-8 characters elegantly</li><li>The ability to enter non-ASCII characters on some platforms require special keyboards, input devices or input methods to be installed, which either not be supported, or may require administrative priviledges.</li></ul>
<a name="license"></a><h3 class="show-anchors"><div>License<div class="anchors"><a class="self" href="#license"></a></div></div></h3>
<p>MIT...</p>
<a name="other-considerations"></a><h3 class="show-anchors"><div>Other Considerations<div class="anchors"><a class="self" href="#other-considerations"></a></div></div></h3>
<p>A common argument to Pull Requests is that they are simple, backwards compatible and</p><p>It is important to remember that a small change is something that we are required to support in perpetuity.</p><p>For example, adding support for an obscure platform, such as adding a dot-file to the root of the package, now carries the implication that we will continue keeping that dot-file up-to-date as new versions of that platform are released.</p><div class="footer"> <div class="nav next"><a href="/getting-started/">Getting Started<span class="arrow">&rarr;</span></a></div></div><div class="copyright">The content of this site is licensed under the <a href="https://choosealicense.com/licenses/cc-by-4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.</div></div><script src="/script.js" type="text/javascript"></script></body></html><!-- ContentHash:2d878369503ff00b8bf2df3c438f0166077d4b62ae8547dc535bb364295611e3 -->