PEP 3131: Supporting Non-ASCII Identifiers

[Anders J. Munch]

Michael Torrie wrote:
> 
> So given that people can already transliterate their language for use as
> identifiers, I think avoiding non-ASCII character sets is a good idea.

Transliteration makes people choose bad variable names, I see it all the time 
with Danish programmers.  Say e.g. the most descriptive name for a process is 
"kør forlæns" (run forward).  But "koer_forlaens" is ugly, so instead he'll 
write "run_fremad", combining an English word with a slightly less appropriate 
Danish word.  Sprinkle in some English spelling errors and badly-chosen English 
words, and you have the sorry state of the art that is today.

- Anders