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Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 22:50:45 +1100
Subject: Re: [OT] spelling colour / color was Re: Toggle
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:51 PM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>:
>
>> If Python ever grows a 'color' statement or keyword, then sure.
>> Otherwise, it's just identifiers and data, which are international.
>
> Do you mean that the Python syntax should use American spellings, but
> the Python standard library could use words like "colour", "Farbe",
> "v=C3=A4ri" etc?

That's up to the core devs. But mainly, I was talking about user level
code, where you most definitely can do that sort of thing.

ChrisA