[Python-ideas] new operators via backquoting

[Guido van Rossum]

On 1/2/07, Chris Rebert <cvrebert at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thus, I propose one of the following as the new use for the backtick (`):

You're missing one of the main reasons for removing the backtick
syntax in the first place: the character itself causes trouble by
looking too much like a regular quote (depending on your font), is
routinely mangled by typesetting software (as every Python book author
can testify), and requires a four-finger chord on Swiss keyboards. No
new uses for it will be accepted in Python 3000 no matter how good the
idea.

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