[Python-Dev] Divorcing str and unicode (no more implicitconversions). (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat Oct 29 10:56:58 CEST 2005

Atsuo Ishimoto wrote:

I'm +0.1 for non-ASCII identifiers, although module names should remain ASCII. ASCII identifiers might be encouraged, but as Martin said, it is very useful for some groups of users.

Thanks for these data. This mostly reflects my experience with German and French users: some people would like to use non-ASCII identifiers if they could, other argue they never would as a matter of principle. Of course, transliteration is more straight-forward.

Regards, Martin

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