Re: [PATCH] tests: check the use of dashes and periods in symbols.

[Joel E. Denny]

On Mon, 4 May 2009, Akim Demaille wrote:

> Le 1 mai 09 ? 05:17, Joel E. Denny a ?crit :
> 
> Hi Joel!  (FWIW, spelled Jo?l in French :)

Hi Akim.  I took French throughout high school, but I've unfortunately 
forgotten quite a bit.  I do remember my name though.  :)

> > By the way, in the NEWS entry for 2.5, are we ready to announce the
> > ability to put dashes in grammar symbol names?
> 
> Yes, I think we are.  But I don't remember you gave your opinion about the
> names: given that _ and . are valid symbol names per POSIX, do we agree that -
> should be too?

Yes, I think it's a nice feature.  We just need to remember to handle it 
in Alex's work.