PEP 3131: Supporting Non-ASCII Identifiers

[Hendrik van Rooyen]

 "Méta-MCI" <enl...XmcX at Xm..uX.com> wrote:


> Hi!
>
> - should non-ASCII identifiers be supported? why?
> - would you use them if it was possible to do so? in what cases?
>
> Yes.
>
> JScript  can use letters with accents in identifiers
> XML (1.1)  can use letters with accents in tags
> C# can use letters with accents in variables
> SQL: MySQL/MS-Sql/Oralcle/etc. can use accents in fields or request
> etc.
> etc.
>
> Python MUST make up for its lost time.
>

All those lemmings are jumping over a cliff!
I must hurry to keep up!

- Hendrik