Josiah Carlson wrote: > "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Fredrik Lundh wrote: >> >>>however, for Python 3000, it would be nice if the source-code encoding >>>applied >>>to the *entire* file (XML-style), rather than just unicode string literals >>>and (hope- >>>fully) comments and docstrings. >> >>As MAL explains, the encoding currently does apply to the entire file. >>However, because of the Python syntax, you are restricted to ASCII >>in many places, such as keywords, number literals, and (unfortunately) >>identifiers. Lifting the restriction on identifiers is on my agenda. > > > It seems that removing this restriction may cause serious issues, at > least in the case when using cyrillic characters in names. See recent > security issues in regards to web addresses in web browsers for the > confusion (and/or name errors) that could result in their use. > > While I agree in principle that people should be able to use the > entirety of one's own natural language in writing software in > programming languages, I think that it is an ugly can of worms that > perhaps shouldn't be opened.
I agree with Josiah. A few years ago we had a discussion about this on python-dev and agreed to stick with ASCII identifiers for Python. I still think that's the right way to go. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Oct 25 2005) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! :::: _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
