Well, I finally ran into a Python Unicode problem, sort of

[Jussi Piitulainen]

Rustom Mody writes:

> Subscripts OTOH as part of identifier-lexemes doesn't seem to have any
> issues

They have the general issue that one might *want* them interpreted as
indexes, so that a₁ would mean the same as a[1].

Mathematical symbols face similar issues. One would not *want* them all
be binary operators; a specific level of precedence would not be good
for all uses; and some uses of some symbols need chaining and then
parentheses do not help. Just for the starters.

> My main point being unicode gives a wide repertory -- thats good
> It also gives char-classification -- thats a start
> But its not enough for designing a (modern) programming

So I agree. Something could be done, but if the intention is to allow
mathematical notation, it needs to be done with care.

(And no, I'm not saying Python needs to do anything at this time, and I
do not express any opinion on how likely Python is to do anything about
Unicode math at this time or ever, and so on. Just that I would not be
happy to have all those symbols available in a way that is not usable
for the intended purpose so please do take care.)