On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Kevin Ballard via swift-evolution <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm actually vaguely surprised that the other currency symbols are
> considered valid identifiers, since they're not alphanumeric symbols. As
> for turning them into operators, it's a cute idea, but it doesn't work for
> any symbol that's used by multiple countries. For example, would $3.50 be
> USD, AUD, CAD, or any of the other dozens of countries that use dollars?
>

This is true, but not compelling. While using USD, AUD, CAD, and friends is
better practice for a truly internationalized code base, it does not follow
that use of $ for a more local-consumption code base should be rejected out
of hand.


Jonathan
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