> I don't think this scenario is all that unlikely. A > program is initially written by a Russian programmer > who uses his own version of "a" as a variable name. > Later an English-speaking programmer makes some > changes, and uses an ascii "a". Now there are two > subtly different variables called "a" in different > parts of the program.
If they work in the same project, they will have a coding style that says "ASCII-only identifiers". Also, if the change is in different parts of the program, there won't be a common variable called "a". When was the last time you called a variable 'a'? I hope it was a local variable; if you use 'a' for class or method names, or global variables, you have bigger problems than typographical ones. 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
