On Mar 30, 7:48 pm, Bjoern Schliessmann <usenet- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Torsten Bronger wrote: > > Maybe he means "?". > > Haven't seen this either, nor do I think it's the same than "<>". > From afar, it looks more like "><".
Actually I meant an X-like symbol that is made not by crossing but by ><. I retracted saying it is the standard, now that I think about it the last time I saw >< was in elementary school (although it stuck on my head better than a crossed =, which I first met in high school). > But this does more look like > South Park style shut eyes than an operator. :) lol, I agree, it looks too much like closed eye smiley. Forums might automatically convert them to graphic smileys so it is obviously a bad choice if it is to be used. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list