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Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:09:43 +1100
Subject: Re: unicode as valid naming symbols
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On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 1:56 PM, MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
>> No, it shouldn't.  Doing so would mean we could not use =E2=88=9A as the=
 square
>> root operator in the future.
>>
> Or as a root operator, e.g. 3 =E2=88=9A x (the cube root of x).

Or both! It could be like unary negation and binary subtraction.

ChrisA