[issue16249] unicode name accepts a punctuation glyph

[julien tayon]

julien tayon added the comment:

http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/b7/index.htm

the unicode category is Po (Ponctuation). 

Empirically, it cannot start a variable name so according to the rules given in the lexical analyser it should be one of : Mn, Mc, Nd, Pc

Which is not the case Po not in [ Mn, Mc, Nd, Pc ].

Modulo my weak brain, it does not seem right.

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