I think that 🥧 is a much better name! It looks tasty!

Worth backporting to 2.7!

Yea, I was really surprised when realized that my keyboard has only π, but not "p" and "i". That's why i still don't use python when i do some rocket science.

Python supports unicode characters such as π and we don't take advantage of this enough. We can use π, therefore we should.

I concur wholeheartedly with this. We should look for other opportunities to impose our will upon make life easier for all users, so suggest we use Σ to replace the 'sum' builtin.

Sounds pretty irrational to me.

Everyone should write in the margins that using such a symbol is not reflecting the reality of the situation. As you are writing a finite symbol, but when you read and evaluate such a symbol your brain should never return. This is true of many such symbols where we fudge maths, e, 1/3, inf, etc.

And λ to replace 'lambda', of course.

Plus 🐍 instead of 'Python'.

And λ to replace 'lambda', of course.

Plus 🐍 instead of 'Python'.

but we don't use "python" anywhere in the code. It's neither builtin or keyword.

Where’s the PR?

On a more serious tone, the "empty set" character (“∅”, U+2205) should be usable to represent an empty set in Python. It currently is not allowed:

Python 3.11.2 (main, Feb 16 2023, 02:51:42)
>>> ∅ = set()
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    ∅ = set()
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid character '∅' (U+2205)

I believe it would be useful when working with set-theoretic code, in part because {} doesn't represent the empty set in Python.

Python supports unicode characters such as π and we don't take advantage of this enough. We can use π, therefore we should.

I concur wholeheartedly with this. We should look for other opportunities to impose our will upon make life easier for all users, so suggest we use Σ to replace the 'sum' builtin.

(Seriously) Note that currently the '∑' (U+2211) character is not allowed as an identifier in Python, so it isn't even doable (assuming it's a good idea):

>>> ∑ = sum
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    ∑ = sum
    ^
SyntaxError: invalid character '∑' (U+2211)

Alas! For it is no longer April 1, and what had yesterday seemed like a revelatory idea, now seems, uh, foolish.

Thanks for the excellent April Fool's, @JosephSBoyle, it brightened my day :)

(Seriously) Note that currently the '∑' (U+2211) character is not allowed as an identifier in Python, so it isn't even doable (assuming it's a good idea):

I didn't use 2211, I used Σ \u03a3, which is indeed valid as an identifier. Choose your homographs carefully.

I'd suggest this frivolity end immediately. Beware the ∏thon Secret Underground, who have spies out watching for this sort of @^&E$^^RVO^RVOP*&%^