On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 7:20 AM, Jay Abbott via swift-evolution <
[email protected]> wrote:

> It's s symbol. Here are some others:
> ! & * ( . -
>
> You wouldn't want to allow an identifier to start with any of those
> symbols, for obvious reasons.
>

That's an assertion. Can you substantiate?

Because I can think of a whole bunch of reasons for identifiers to start
with those, several languages in which they actually *do* start with those,
and significant benefit that accrues in those languages from admitting
these identifiers...
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