[Python-Dev] Reserved Characters (original) (raw)
Jim J Jewett jimjjewett at yahoo.com
Fri Aug 20 21:10:58 CEST 2004
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Python does not currently reserve any characters for user extensions.
One of the objections to @decorators is that it will cause problems for applications that used '@', simply because of it was one of only three characters that might be available.
Newer String interpolation will also use up '$', which leaves only '?'.
Is it time to reserve a character to the user, or at least to reserve some in certain contexts?
Examples:
"""Python will not use '!' except as part of '!='
""",
or
"""The '?' character is reserved for the user."""
-jJ
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