Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of

From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of
Date	2016-07-04 01:14 +1000
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On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 7:01 PM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com>:
>
>> On Sunday, July 3, 2016 at 7:27:04 PM UTC+12, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>>
>>> Personally, I don't think even π should be used in identifiers.
>>
>> Why not?
>
> 1. It can't be typed easily.
>
> 2. It can look like an n.
>
> 3. Single-character identifiers should not be promoted, especially with
>    a global scope.

None of these is a language-level concern. You can't type it? That's
your problem - and you can choose not to use it. But Python lets you,
if you want to. Remember, some people speak Greek natively, and for
those people, typing Greek text is as natural as typing Latin text is
for us. Similarly, Cyrillic text is the most natural language for
Russian speakers. Why should Python block them?

Your other concerns might be a case for linters, but definitely not
the language.

ChrisA

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Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2016-07-02 23:58 -0700
  Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 00:07 -0700
    Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-03 10:26 +0300
      Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 01:38 -0700
        Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-03 12:01 +0300
          Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 01:14 +1000
          Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 14:21 -0700
    Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2016-07-03 09:24 -0700
  Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 00:26 -0700
  Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-07-03 10:29 +0300
    Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 10:16 +0100
  Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 17:41 +1000
    Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2016-07-03 11:39 -0700
      Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2016-07-03 20:41 +0100
      Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 14:28 -0700
        Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-04 12:33 +1000
          Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 22:14 -0700
            Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 01:11 -0700
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            Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-07-04 09:08 +0300
  Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Alain Ketterlin <alain@universite-de-strasbourg.fr.invalid> - 2016-07-03 11:53 +0200
    Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-03 14:01 +0300
      Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2016-07-03 13:16 +0200
        Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-03 14:22 +0300
          Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2016-07-03 16:05 +0200
            Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-03 17:39 +0300
          Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-07-03 16:49 -0400
            Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-04 00:25 +0300
      Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-03 12:50 +0100
        Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 14:26 -0700
  Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of eryk sun <eryksun@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 23:46 +0000
    Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 17:00 -0700
      Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-04 01:17 +0100
        Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 17:24 -0700
          Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-04 01:39 +0100
            Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-03 18:15 -0700
              Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-07-03 22:20 -0400
              Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 05:16 -0700
              Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-04 11:26 +0100
        Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-04 12:30 +1000
          Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2016-07-04 05:47 -0700
            Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-04 15:36 +0100
              Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2016-07-04 07:46 -0700
                Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-04 17:16 +0100
                Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-07-04 19:44 +0300
          Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-07-04 11:05 +0100
            Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-07-04 13:26 +0300
      Re: Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-07-03 22:16 -0400

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