PEP 3131: Supporting Non-ASCII Identifiers

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On May 17, 4:56 am, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar... at v.loewis.de> wrote:
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> (look me in the eye and tell me that "def" is
> an English word, or that "getattr" is one)

That's not quite fair.  They are not english
words but they are derived from english and
have a memonic value to english speakers that
they don't (or only accidently) have for
non-english speakers.