[Python-Dev] The impact of '@' on Leo

Bob Ippolito bob at redivi.com
Fri Aug 6 04:47:25 CEST 2004


On Aug 5, 2004, at 10:41 PM, Greg Ewing wrote:

> "Edward K. Ream" <edreamleo at charter.net>:
>
>> I was always under the impression that the clear statement in the
>> Reference Manual that at signs are invalid everywhere (except in
>> comments and strings) was a clear signal of an intention to keep those
>> symbols for other valid purposes.
>
> I've only ever regarded that as a statement about the status
> quo, not any kind of promise about the future.
>
> But maybe it would be a good idea to explicitly reserve some
> character (perhaps only at the beginning of a line).

You mean like # ? :)

-bob



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