[Python-3000] symbols?

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Mon Apr 10 18:54:33 CEST 2006


Kendall Clark wrote:

> PS--I'd also like "?", "!", and "-" to be legal characters in  
> function, method, and variable names, but I won't push my luck -- and  
> I seem to remember Guido saying that would never happen, at some  
> point back in the day. Fair enough. ;>

At least "-" can never be part of any name since it's also an operator
in Python (and that won't change without being noted in PEP 3099).

Georg



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