[Python-3000] symbols?

Mon Apr 10 18:54:33 CEST 2006

Kendall Clark wrote:
> PS--I'd also like "?", "!", and "-" to be legal characters in 
> function, method, and variable names, but I won't push my luck -- and 
> I seem to remember Guido saying that would never happen, at some 
> point back in the day. Fair enough. ;>

At least "-" can never be part of any name since it's also an operator
in Python (and that won't change without being noted in PEP 3099).
Georg