[Python-ideas] Is there a good reason to use * for multiplication?

[Greg Ewing]

Mike Meyer wrote:

> def __$<op>__(self, other, right): 
> 
> <op> must match a new grammer symbol "operator_symbol", with limits on
> it to for readability reasons: say at most three characters, all
> coming from an appropriate unicode class or classes

If it's restricted it to single Unicode character, we could
use its Unicode name as the method name:

def __CIRCLE_PLUS__(x, y):
    ...

-- 
Greg