6 Apr
2022
6 Apr
'22
5:56 p.m.
Unfortunately, Python simply doesn't have enough symbols available. Using precisely one opener/closer for each type is highly limiting, since the only characters available are those on a US-English keyboard and in the ASCII set. It would be nice if, for instance, ∅ could mean "new empty set", but then we'd need a way to type it, and it'd end up coming right back around to "just type set(), it's easier".
∅ also means "diameter" in optics community and mechanical engineering community (at least in ASME Y14.5).