Inconsistent snippet expansion

[philiprbrenan]

Using the following snippets I am able to expand 𝝰 to alpha but unable to expand < to <> unless I add < to wordChars which was not needed for 𝝰 which seems inconsistent? I think it would be helpful if symbols could be expanded in situations like a< without requiring a leading space, perhaps if they were listed in a symbol: "expandTheseItemsWithOutALeadingSpace" ?

[Special]
brace_open=\n{\n\t
brace_close=}\n
block=\n{\n\t%cursor%\n}
block_cursor=\n{\n\t%cursor%\n}\n%cursor%
wordchars=_abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789#$%&:.

[Perl]
𝝰=alpha
<=<>

[elextr]

Snippet names need to be limited otherwise there is no way to tell when to stop searching backwards for the snippet name. The use of wordchars is intended to exclude programming language operator characters.

But since its impractical to list all Unicode code points in wordchars, all non-ASCII code points are included as well.

The manual could be updated to be more explicit.