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` is a dead key in many keyboard layouts. On my keyboard, I need to press shift + key left of backspace, followed by space to get it. And if I type something el
by mongol 4y ago
` is a dead key in many keyboard layouts. On my keyboard, I need to press shift + key left of backspace, followed by space to get it. And if I type something else I get an annoying bell sound.
- toxik 4y agoLet’s compromise then and have ‘foo’, now nobody can write it!
- kzrdude 4y agoPython 2 used the backtick for repr. I had almost forgotten this. Python people also testified about all the book typesetting issues with this, and other reasons, and said backtick would never again have a use in Python.