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Author	belopolsky
Recipients	belopolsky
Date	2010年11月11日.01:32:52
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Can you see the error in the following? >>> invalid = 5 File "<stdin>", line 1 invalid = 5 ^ SyntaxError: invalid character in identifier The problem is that an invisible space character crept into the identifier: >>> repr("invalid") "'inv\\u200balid'" With full unicode available in most OSes, the potential for errors like this (accidental or as a result of a practical joke) increases. It would be much easier to spot the offending character if ^ marker pointed at the exact location rather than at the end of the identifier. See also issue #10382.

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Can you see the error in the following?
>>> invalid = 5
 File "<stdin>", line 1
 invalid = 5
 ^
SyntaxError: invalid character in identifier
The problem is that an invisible space character crept into the identifier:
>>> repr("invalid")
"'inv\\u200balid'"
With full unicode available in most OSes, the potential for errors like this (accidental or as a result of a practical joke) increases. It would be much easier to spot the offending character if ^ marker pointed at the exact location rather than at the end of the identifier.
See also issue #10382.

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Date	User	Action	Args
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