<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Kevin Ballard via swift-evolution <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" target="_blank">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
<div><div>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?<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jonathan</div></div><br></div></div>