From 7c8fd6d0bbb0b29878e134335032ab19686157be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: the_og <aj@avezzano.io>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2026 20:34:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: use explicit backslash-u-0-0-a-0 escape for non-breaking
 space literal

---
 bcc_core.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bcc_core.py b/bcc_core.py
index e5bcc46..84f1171 100644
--- a/bcc_core.py
+++ b/bcc_core.py
@@ -474,7 +474,8 @@ def _normalize_unicode(text: str, notes: list[str]) -> str:
     out = text
     for junk in _JUNK_CHARS:
         out = out.replace(junk, "")
-    out = out.replace(" ", " ")  # non-breaking space
+    NBSP = chr(0xA0)
+    out = out.replace(NBSP, " ")  # non-breaking space
     for smart, ascii_q in _QUOTE_MAP.items():
         out = out.replace(smart, ascii_q)
     if out != text: