On Sat, 03 Jun 2017 17:45:43 +0000, Brett Cannon wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 at 15:56 Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > >> I would love to show how easy it is to write >> >> from math import pi as π, gamma as Γ
[...] >> but I had to cheat by copying from the OP since I don't know how to type >> these (and even if you were to tell me how I'd forget tomorrow). So, I am >> still in favor of the rule "only ASCII in the stdlib". > > Since this regularly comes up, why don't we add a note to the math module > that you can do the above import(s) to bind various mathematical constants > to their traditional symbol counterparts? ... Because in order to add that note to the math module, you have to violate the "only ASCII in the stdlib" rule. ;-) People who would benefit from seeing ϖ (or π) in their code will arrange to type it in proportion to that benefit (and probably already have). I know how to type those characters in my environments, but it might not be that easy if I had to do so on a random computer with a random keyboard running a random OS. Ob XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1806/ (my apologies if someone else already brought this up; I haven't been following along that closely). And I want to say something about this argument being like the one about being able to represent people's names correctly, but while the ratio between the circumference of a circle to its diameter has a name, it isn't a person. Dan _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
