[Python-3000] Support for PEP 3131 (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Mon May 14 07:24:59 CEST 2007

I don't think this scenario is all that unlikely. A program is initially written by a Russian programmer who uses his own version of "a" as a variable name. Later an English-speaking programmer makes some changes, and uses an ascii "a". Now there are two subtly different variables called "a" in different parts of the program.

If they work in the same project, they will have a coding style that says "ASCII-only identifiers".

Also, if the change is in different parts of the program, there won't be a common variable called "a". When was the last time you called a variable 'a'? I hope it was a local variable; if you use 'a' for class or method names, or global variables, you have bigger problems than typographical ones.

Regards, Martin

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