[Python-Dev] The impact of '@' on Leo (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Fri Aug 6 04:41:53 CEST 2004

"Edward K. Ream" <edreamleo at charter.net>:

I was always under the impression that the clear statement in the Reference Manual that at signs are invalid everywhere (except in comments and strings) was a clear signal of an intention to keep those symbols for other valid purposes.

I've only ever regarded that as a statement about the status quo, not any kind of promise about the future.

But maybe it would be a good idea to explicitly reserve some character (perhaps only at the beginning of a line).

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