unicode as valid naming symbols

[Rustom Mody]

On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 6:38:14 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:29 PM, Roy Smith wrote:
> >> But I confess that is mostly personal taste, since I find names_like_this
> >> ugly. Names-like-this look better to me but that wouldn't be workable
> >> in python. But maybe there is some connector that would be aestetically
> >> pleasing and not causing other problems.
> > Semi-seriously, let me suggest (names like this).  It's not valid syntax
> > now, so it can't break any existing code.  It reuses existing
> > punctuation in a way which is a logical extension of its traditional
> > meaning, i.e. "group these things together".

> I'd really rather not have a drastically different concept of "name"
> to every other language's definition! Reading over COBOL code is
> confusing in ways that reading, say, Ruby code isn't; the ? and !
> suffixes aren't nearly as confusing as:

> http://www.math-cs.gordon.edu/courses/cs323/COBOL/cobol.html
> """
> COBOL identifers are 1-30 alphanumeric characters, at least one of
> which must be non-numeric.
> In certain contexts it is permissible to use a totally numeric
> identifier; however, that usage
> is discouraged.  Hyphens may be included in an identifier anywhere
> except the first of last
> character.
> """

> Hyphens in names! Ugh! That means subtraction! :)

Just temporarily switch to a domain other than programming --
one that has not been under the absolute hegemony of ASCII for 40 years
and you may get different results -- See 1st item from here:
http://searchengineland.com/9-seo-quirks-you-should-be-aware-of-146465