On 3 June 2017 at 21:55, MRAB <[email protected]> wrote:

> [...]
>>
>
> Interestingly, '_' doesn't have that property, although Python does allow
> identifiers to start with it.


Yes, it is special cased:

    if (!_PyUnicode_IsXidStart(first) && first != 0x5F /* LOW LINE */)
        return 0;

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Ivan
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