[Python-ideas] Allow using symbols from Unicode block "Superscripts and Subscripts" in identifiers

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Sun May 4 00:06:06 CEST 2014


On 5/3/2014 5:48 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
> Would you consider doubling the cost of checking each character (a
> reasonable estimate, I think) excessive or not?

Thinking about it more, I think double is an over-estimate. Since I do 
not know how the unicode lexer works, I won't guess or worry about the 
cost until there it times code with and without the change.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy



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