On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 05:47:04PM -0700, Ian Kelly wrote: > > Understanding, let alone being able to read, code written in Arabic ? > > People are going to write code in Arabic whether you like it or not, > because not everybody speaks English, and not everybody who does > *wants* to use it. Now, would you prefer to read code where the > variable names are written in Arabic script, or where the variable > names are still in Arabic but transliterated to Latin characters? > Either way, you're not going to be able to understand it, so I'm not > sure why it makes a difference to you.
I can visually pattern match "words" based on Latin characters. I can't with Arabic letters. So that answers the "would you prefer" part. However, the main point has been answered - Python already does what is talked about. End of story. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ eu.pool.sks-keyservers.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list