On Sat, Aug 4, 2018, 1:24 PM Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> If you think the uproar over PEP 572 was vicious, imagine what would > happen if we introduced new operators like ∉ ∥ ∢ ∽ ⊎ etc instead. > > - keyboard support for entering the bulk of Unicode characters is > non-existent or poor; > > - without keyboard support, editor support for entering Unicode > characters is as best clunky, requiring the memorization of > obscure names, hex codes, or a GUI palette; > This is the essential problem. I write this as someone who has the vim conceal plugin configured to change my Python code into something with many of those funny characters Steven users as examples. But while I like looking at those, although recognizing it's quirky, entering any of them is enormously cumbersome. I did it once to configure my substitution macros (which are purely visual... What I type in is just ASCII and that's what is saved in soak, but it appears on screen with some replacements). >
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