Chris Angelico writes: > > It's very difficult to get *any* syntax change in. In particular, > > changing '_' from an identifier component to an operator for > > combining numeric literals would invalidate *tons* of code > > (including internationalization code that is the 0.454kg nearest > > my heart). I can't imagine that being possible. > > >>> 123_456 > 123456 > >>> 123_456_ > File "<stdin>", line 1 > 123_456_ > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid decimal literal > > Trailing underscore is currently invalid, so that would be fine.
I really meant "operator", not just syntax. It was an extreme example. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/WNR75C4FNFF5LUTMVFMFVLGOUSBOSYW7/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
