[Python-3000] PEP: Supporting Non-ASCII Identifiers

[Greg Ewing]

Martin v. Löwis wrote:

> I still don't understand why the "no operation" statement is called
> "pass" - it's not the opposite of "fail", and seems to have no
> relationship to "can you pass me the butter, please?".

It's "pass" as in "pass through", i.e. move on to the next
statement without stopping to do anything.

Also there's an idiom that you hear in a setting such as
a quiz show, where a contestant will say "Pass", meaning
"I don't know the answer to that, give me the next
question."

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Greg