On Saturday, November 25, 2017 at 6:03:52 PM UTC+5:30, Rustom Mody wrote: > On Friday, November 24, 2017 at 12:20:29 AM UTC+5:30, Mikhail V wrote: > > Ok, I personally could find some practical usage for that, but > > merely for fun. I doubt though that someone with less > > typographical experience and overall computer literacy could > > really make benefits even for personal usage. > > > > So - fun is one benefit. And fun is important. But is that the > > idea behind it? > > Are you under-estimating the fun-value? > > Python 3.5.3 (default, Sep 14 2017, 22:58:41) > [GCC 6.3.0 20170406] on linux > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> python.el: native completion setup loaded > >>> A = 1 > >>> Α = 2 > >>> А = 3 > >>> (A, Α, А) > (1, 2, 3) > >>> # And there are 5 other variations on this magic trick > >>> # Or if you prefer… > >>> A == Α > False > >>> > > Now compare with the boring spoilsport called python 2: > > Python 2.7.13 (default, Jan 19 2017, 14:48:08) > [GCC 6.3.0 20170118] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> python.el: native completion setup loaded > >>> A = 1 > >>> Α = 2 > File "<stdin>", line 1 > Α = 2 > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > >>> > > Personally I feel that there should be a law against languages that disallow > the creation of magic tricks!¡!
I should mention also that some languages are even more advanced in their jovialness regarding unicode tricks Haskell: GHCi, version 8.0.2: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ :? for help Prelude> let flag = 1 Prelude> let flag = 2 Prelude> flag == flag False Prelude> (flag, flag) (2,1) Prelude> Python3 is quite boring by contrast: Python 3.5.3 (default, Sep 14 2017, 22:58:41) [GCC 6.3.0 20170406] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> python.el: native completion setup loaded >>> flag = 1 >>> flag = 2 >>> flag == flag True >>> (flag, flag) (2, 2) >>> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
