Propaganda.
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 The `charcode.dart` library just exports both `ascii.dart` and
 `html_entity.dart`.
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+# Rationale
+
+The Dart language doesn't have character literals. If that ever happens, this 
+library will be irrelevant.
+See [http://dartbug.com/4415](request for character literals).
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