[Python-3000] symbols?

[Kendall Clark]

On Apr 10, 2006, at 8:17 PM, Greg Ewing wrote:

> Georg Brandl 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.
>
> And I hope he never changes his mind! Identifiers
> with random punctuation in them look ugly to me.

Hmm. Tastes vary, obviously. I don't consider using ? to signal  
boolean returning functions or methods to be random. And "-" has  
always seemed a better word separator (or at least as good) as "_".

But whatever. I happily accept the limitations. :>

Cheers,
Kendall