On May 13, 12:44 pm, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > PEP 1 specifies that PEP authors need to collect feedback from the > community. As the author of PEP 3131, I'd like to encourage comments > to the PEP included below, either here (comp.lang.python), or to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In summary, this PEP proposes to allow non-ASCII letters as > identifiers in Python. If the PEP is accepted, the following > identifiers would also become valid as class, function, or > variable names: Löffelstiel, changé, ошибка, or 売り場 > (hoping that the latter one means "counter"). > > I believe this PEP differs from other Py3k PEPs in that it really > requires feedback from people with different cultural background > to evaluate it fully - most other PEPs are culture-neutral. > > So, please provide feedback, e.g. perhaps by answering these > questions: > - should non-ASCII identifiers be supported? why?
I use to think differently. However, I would say a strong YES. They would be extremely useful when teaching programming. > - would you use them if it was possible to do so? in what cases? Only if I was teaching native French speakers. > Policy Specification > ==================== > > As an addition to the Python Coding style, the following policy is > prescribed: All identifiers in the Python standard library MUST use > ASCII-only identifiers, and SHOULD use English words wherever feasible. > I would add something like: Any module released for general use SHOULD use ASCII-only identifiers in the public API. Thanks for this initiative. André -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
