Slide 1-12: Variable names can contain non-ascii characters

[dabeaz-course]

Slide 1-12: Variable names can contain non-ascii characters

[dabeaz]

Yes, but it's meant to be a "quick review", not an exhaustive language reference that overwhelms everyone. Most code follows the convention described.

[ldo]

Just say “variable names can be made up of digits and letters from most of the major languages of the world”.

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[mingaleg]

Hey @dabeaz, I've realized I've never thanked you for the slides -- thank you! They look great.

I agree keeping variable names under [A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]* is a best practice; although I do not think that your great slides should state incorrect facts. Even adding an asterisk may probably be enough here, expecting a presenter to acknowledge the spec is broader than described. Or, explaining that UTF-8 chars are allowed as long as they represent letters can play into the narrative of Python being "UTF-8 native" which you bring up in later slides, I believe.

If you disagree, please feel free to close the issue, no offence would be taken.

[Hobika123]

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