[Python-Dev] The impact of '@' on Leo

[Greg Ewing]

"Edward K. Ream" <edreamleo at charter.net>:

> I was always under the impression that the clear statement in the
> Reference Manual that at signs are invalid everywhere (except in
> comments and strings) was a clear signal of an intention to keep those
> symbols for other valid purposes.

I've only ever regarded that as a statement about the status
quo, not any kind of promise about the future.

But maybe it would be a good idea to explicitly reserve some
character (perhaps only at the beginning of a line).

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