Unicode in Python

[Ben Finney]

Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda at gmail.com> writes:

> But yes, typing out the special characters is annoying. I just use
> words.

I use words that describe the meaning, where feasible.

> The only downside to using words is, how do you specify capital
> versus lowercase letters?

Why do you need to, for an identifier? If uppercase gamma is
semantically different from lowercase gamma for identifying a value,
then both are too terse and the meaning should be spelled out in a
better chosen semantic name.

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Ben Finney