[Python-3000] Support for PEP 3131

Jason Orendorff jason.orendorff at gmail.com
Mon May 14 18:22:56 CEST 2007


On 5/13/07, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
> I don't think this scenario is all that unlikely. A
> program is initially written by a Russian programmer
> who uses his own version of "a" as a variable name.
> Later an English-speaking programmer makes some
> changes, and uses an ascii "a". Now there are two
> subtly different variables called "a" in different
> parts of the program.

Greg,

If this scenario were *not* unlikely, it would have happened
to a Java programmer somewhere, right?  Has this *ever*
happened?  I wasn't able to find a case.

-- 
Jason


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