Ezio Melotti added the comment: > It's an optimization. Assuming the majority of characters will be > ASCII, most non-identifier characters will fail this test, thus > avoiding the more involved generic Unicode check.
I don't know what kind of characters are usually received as input. If things like (ASCII) spaces, parentheses, commas are common, then the optimization is probably OK. @Martin Do you know the reason why characters with the Other_ID_Start have been included in the first place, given that they are no longer considered valid identifiers and I can hardly think any situation where someone would need it? Could they be removed from 3.5 if that makes the code simpler? ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21765> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
