Question about consistency in python language

[Robert Kern]

James wrote:

[James Stroud wrote:]
>>Also, you shouldn't use "1", I mean "l", as a variable name. It gets confusing
>>because "l", I mean "1", looks a lot like "1", I mean "l".
> 
> I have seen the same warnning above significantly several times.
> Is this problem originally came from the similarities between 'l' and
> '1'
> or from bad looking news-browser?
> Forgive me if it is out of your interests.

In many, many fonts 'l' and '1' look close enough to be easily mistaken
for one another, especially for people whose vision isn't perfect. The
problem exists in the fonts people view and edit code with, not just
newsreaders.

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