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On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 2:22 AM, Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> wrote:
> What about the A vs a case, which comes up even with ASCII-only
> characters?  If those are the same, then I, as a reader of Python code,
> have to understand all the rules about =C3=9F (which I think have changed
> over time), and potentially =C3=BE and others.

And I=C4=B0=C4=B1i, and =CE=A3=CF=83=CF=82, and (if you want completeness) =
=C5=BF too. And various
other case conversion rules. It's not possible to case-fold perfectly
without knowing what language something is.

This, coupled with the extremely useful case distinction between
"Classes" and "instances", means I'm very much glad Python is case
sensitive. "base =3D Base()" is perfectly legal and meaningful, no
matter what language you translate those words into (well, as long as
it's bicameral - otherwise you need to adorn one of them somehow, but
you'd have to anyway).

ChrisA