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[Ned Batchelder]

On 5/2/14 8:58 PM, Rustom Mody wrote:
> On Friday, May 2, 2014 11:37:02 PM UTC+5:30, Peter Otten wrote:
>> Rustom Mody wrote:
>
>>> Just noticed a small thing in which python does a bit better than haskell:
>>> $ ghci
>>> let (fine, fine) = (1,2)
>>> Prelude> (fine, fine)
>>> (1,2)
>>> In case its not apparent, the fi in the first fine is a ligature.
>>> Python just barfs:
>
>> Not Python 3:
>
>> Python 3.3.2+ (default, Feb 28 2014, 00:52:16)
>> [GCC 4.8.1] on linux
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>>> (fine, fine) = (1,2)
>>>>> (fine, fine)
>> (2, 2)
>
>> No copy-and-paste errors involved:
>
>>>>> eval("\ufb01ne")
>> 2
>>>>> eval(b"fine".decode("ascii"))
>> 2
>
> Aah! Thanks Peter (and Ned and Michael) — 2-3 confusion — my bad.
>
> I am confused about the tone however:
> You think this
>
>>>> (fine, fine) = (1,2) # and no issue about it
>
> is fine?
>
>

Can you be more explicit?  It seems like you think it isn't fine.  Why 
not?  What bothers you about it?  Should there be an issue?

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