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Re: Choosing good names for things is difficult (was: Strange Behavior)

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On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> Add to that the restriction to limited character sets such as ASCII
> – a restriction that has only historical relevance

Wrong. The name has to fit inside the human's brain; if it's not
ASCII, that's not a problem.

ChrisA

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Re: Strange Behavior robertw89@googlemail.com - 2014-06-02 20:05 +0200
  Re: Strange Behavior Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-06-03 00:22 +0000
    Re: Strange Behavior Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-06-03 10:30 +1000
    Re: Strange Behavior Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com> - 2014-06-02 17:49 -0700
    Choosing good names for things is difficult (was: Strange Behavior) Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-06-03 10:57 +1000
      Re: Choosing good names for things is difficult (was: Strange Behavior) Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-06-02 19:06 -0700
        Re: Choosing good names for things is difficult (was: Strange Behavior) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-06-03 13:33 +1000
    Re: Strange Behavior Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-06-03 10:01 +0200
      Re: Strange Behavior Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-06-03 11:44 +0000

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