Rustom Mody wrote:
> Just noticed a small thing in which python does a bit better than haskell:
> $ ghci
> let (fine, fine) = (1,2)
> Prelude> (fine, fine)
> (1,2)
> Prelude>
>
> In case its not apparent, the fi in the first fine is a ligature.
>
> Python just barfs:
Not Python 3:
Python 3.3.2+ (default, Feb 28 2014, 00:52:16)
[GCC 4.8.1] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> (fine, fine) = (1,2)
>>> (fine, fine)
(2, 2)
No copy-and-paste errors involved:
>>> eval("\ufb01ne")
2
>>> eval(b"fine".decode("ascii"))
2
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