On 28/07/07, Stef Mientki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > but I can;t find the answer ;-) > > As searching for the '$' sign doesn't work well in the help files, > I can not find out, where is the '$' sign used for. > > If I try to use it in names, > I get a compiler error, > so it probably has some special meaning.
Hi Stef, It has no special meaning in the Python language, beyond being invalid for use in identifiers. I believe there is a new string formatting module which interprets it when it is part of a format string, but nothing in the core language. If you look at the language grammar, you can see why this is an error http://docs.python.org/ref/identifiers.html David. > > thanks, > Stef Mientki > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list