[Python-Dev] Reserved Characters

[Jim J Jewett]

Python does not currently reserve any characters 
for user extensions.

One of the objections to @decorators is that it 
will cause problems for applications that used 
'@', simply because of it was one of only three 
characters that *might* be available.

Newer String interpolation will also use up '$', 
which leaves only '?'.

Is it time to reserve a character to the user, or
at least to reserve some in certain contexts?  

Examples:  
"""Python will not use '!' except as part of '!='
""", 
or 
"""The '?' character is reserved for the user."""

-jJ



		
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