# Surprising behaviour from Python lexical analysis

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/surprising-behaviour-from-python-lexical-analysis/2884>\
**Category:** Python Help\
**Created:** [December 18, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/surprising-behaviour-from-python-lexical-analysis/2884 "2019-12-18T15:34:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![brettcannon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discuss.python.org/brettcannon/32/34895_2.png) [@brettcannon](https://discuss.python.org/u/brettcannon)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/surprising-behaviour-from-python-lexical-analysis/2884/5 "2019-12-19T17:31:09Z")

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I don’t think it’s worth changing. It will inevitably break code and it doesn’t seem to cause people problems considering it has been like this for 30 years.

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