[Python-3000] Unicode identifiers (Was: sets in P3K?)

[Guido van Rossum]

On 5/11/06, Boris Borcic <bborcic at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am late on this subthread, but FWIW and FYI with Python 2.4.2 and Idle 1.1.2
> on WinXP I can use non-ascii identifiers transparently both in modules and at
> the prompt, for instance
>
>  >>> grüzi = râle = niño = ça = True
>  >>> grüzi
> True
>
> I thought it was a provided feature, but scanning the subthread gave the
> contrary impression. Should we expect disappearance of the property ?

It was never my intention for this to be a feature; I always wanted it
to be ASCII letters only. Python should stop using isXXX() macros that
have locale-dependent meaning.

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