[Python-3000] Conservative Defaults (was: Re: Support for PEP 3131)

[Steve Howell]

--- BJörn Lindqvist <bjourne at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Those most eager for unicode identifiers are
> afraid that people
> > (particularly beginning students) won't be able to
> use local-script
> > identifiers, unless it is the default.  My feeling
> is that the teacher
> > (or the person who pointed them to python) can
> change the default on a
> > per-install basis, since it can be a one-time
> change.
> 
> What if the person discovers Python by him/herself?
> 

How many people discover Python in a cultural vacuum? 
People find out about Python from other Python users.

There are user groups all over the planet:

http://wiki.python.org/moin/LocalUserGroups






       
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