Jim Jewett schrieb: > On 5/1/07, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The identifier syntax is <ID_Start> <ID_Continue>\*. > >> ID_Start is defined as all characters having one of the general >> categories uppercase letters (Lu), lowercase letters (Ll), titlecase >> letters (Lt), modifier letters (Lm), other letters (Lo), letter >> numbers (Nl), plus the underscore (XXX what are "stability extensions >> listed in UAX 31). > > Are you sure that modifier letters should be included? The standard > says so, but as nearly as I can tell, these are really more like > diacritics -- and some of them look an awful lot like punctuation.
Interesting question. I included them because the standard says so, but I don't see an inherent need. I'll see whether I can find some rationale as to why they were included in UAX 31, and then check whether that rationale applies to Python as well. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
