[Python-ideas] What about allowing '?' in method names?
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Fri Aug 7 11:10:24 CEST 2009
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> So does Lisp. But those languages simply allow ? as part of an identifier.
Lisp allows almost *anything* as part of an identifier.
Python doesn't, and I like it that way. Making exceptions
for just a few characters would make the rules for what
is allowed in an identifier more complicated and harder
to remember, for little benefit that I can see.
--
Greg
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