Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!goblin1!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed1.swip.net!uio.no!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.011 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:not': 0.03; 'from:addr:ethan': 0.09; 'from:addr:stoneleaf.us': 0.09; 'from:name:ethan furman': 0.09; 'message-id:@stoneleaf.us': 0.09; 'spelling': 0.09; 'subject:Why': 0.09; 'underscore': 0.09; '~ethan~': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'identifiers': 0.16; 'names?': 0.16; 'piotr': 0.16; 'subject: \n ': 0.16; 'subject:accessing': 0.16; 'thursday,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'unicode': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'character': 0.29; 'allows': 0.31; 'could': 0.34; 'subject:with': 0.35; "can't": 0.35; 'december': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'charset:us- ascii': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:173': 0.61; 'became': 0.64; 'different': 0.65; 'alphanumeric': 0.68; 'received:69.56': 0.68; 'subject:there': 0.68; 'ethan': 0.84; 'furman': 0.84; 'received:69.56.224': 0.84; 'subject:being': 0.84; '2013': 0.98 Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 16:26:20 -0800 From: Ethan Furman User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121010 Thunderbird/16.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Why is there no natural syntax for accessing attributes with names not being valid identifiers? References: <15912943-29a1-4365-b027-7bb8cec447f8@googlegroups.com> <3a27ef53-64b7-4cf3-9879-8452fab458a1@googlegroups.com> <5d99a76c-35eb-4c1d-bdb5-e4e1f6bea188@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: <5d99a76c-35eb-4c1d-bdb5-e4e1f6bea188@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator3304.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - python.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - stoneleaf.us X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 173.12.184.233 X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: ([173.12.184.233]) [173.12.184.233]:41697 X-Source-Auth: ethan+stoneleaf.us X-Email-Count: 1 X-Source-Cap: dG9idWs7dG9idWs7Z2F0b3IzMzA0Lmhvc3RnYXRvci5jb20= X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 15 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1386204403 news.xs4all.nl 2842 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47788 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:61064 On 12/04/2013 03:57 PM, Piotr Dobrogost wrote: > On Thursday, December 5, 2013 12:09:52 AM UTC+1, Ethan Furman wrote: >> >> Perhaps you should look at different ways of spelling your identifiers? >> Why can't you use an underscore instead of a hyphen? > > So that underscore could be left for use inside fields' names? > However I think we could use some unique Unicode character for this > instead hyphen as long as Python allows any alphanumeric Unicode > character inside identifiers which I think it does... Yes, although I don't remember at which version that became true... -- ~Ethan~