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Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2013 10:45:50 -0500 (CDT)
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On Thu, 4 Jul 2013, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
> [1] Based on empirical evidence that Python supports names with length at
> least up to one million characters long, and assuming that each character
> can be an ASCII letter, digit or underscore.
>

The specification *does* state unlimited length:

http://docs.python.org/release/2.5.2/ref/identifiers.html

Though practicality beats purity.

-W