[Python-checkins] r53359 - peps/trunk/pep-3099.txt

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Wed Jan 10 21:24:13 2007
New Revision: 53359

Modified:
   peps/trunk/pep-3099.txt
Log:
Patch #1627052 (backticks in PEP3099).



Modified: peps/trunk/pep-3099.txt
==============================================================================
--- peps/trunk/pep-3099.txt	(original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-3099.txt	Wed Jan 10 21:24:13 2007
@@ -120,6 +120,17 @@
    list. Do ``from __future__ import braces`` to get a definitive
    answer on this subject.
 
+* No more backticks.
+
+   Backticks (\`) will no longer be used as shorthand for ``repr`` --
+   but that doesn't mean they are available for other uses.  Even
+   ignoring the backwards compatibility confusion, the character
+   itself causes too many problems (in some fonts, on some keyboards,
+   when typesetting a book, etc). 
+
+   Thread: "new operators via backquoting",
+   http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2007-January/000054.html
+
 * Referencing the global name ``foo`` will not be spelled ``globals.foo``.
   The ``global`` statement will stay.