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[Ben Finney]

MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> writes:

> On 07/05/2011 01:44, Ben Finney wrote:
> > I would prefer to allow space between digits in a numeric literal.
[…]

> > This nicely parallels the fact that space can separate chunks of a
> > string literal.

> I prefer there not to be whitespace inside tokens. String literals are
> an exception, they are explicitly delimited.

That's a good justification for the special case. Okay, I withdraw my
proposal.

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