On Sat, 8 Jan 2011, Paul Eggert wrote: > On 01/08/2011 12:20 PM, Paul Eggert wrote: > >>> And if so, > >>> >> why should "--39--" *not* be an identifier? > >> > > >> > Who says it shouldn't? > > The rule you proposed above says it shouldn't. > > > > Ah, sorry, I misread the rule. I now see that > it does allow "--39--" as an identifier. However, > it does not allow "x" as an identifier, which is > surely not intended either.
It does allow "x".