const.py

Simple names for commonly used constants to avoid the excessive use of magic strings.

const.AMPERSAND = '&'

const.APPEND = 'a'

const.AT = '@'

const.BACKSLASH = '\\'

const.BACKTICK = '`'

const.CARET = '^'

const.COLON = ':'

const.COMMA = ','

const.DASH = '-'

const.DASHES = '--'

Two characters, but so commonly used in argument parsing, it seems worth its own constant

const.DOLLAR = '\\$'

const.DOT = '.'

const.EMPTY = ''

const.EQUALS = '='

const.GT = '>'

const.HASH = '#'

const.LANGLET = '<'

For use describing XML-based markup instead of LT or the hideously polysyllabic “ANGLE-BRACKET”

const.LBRACE = '{'

Don’t say “CURLY-BRACKET,” please.

const.LBRACKET = '['

Don’t say “SQUARE-BRACKET,” please.

const.LPAREN = '('

const.LT = '<'

const.NEWLINE = '\n'

const.OK = 'OK'

const.PERCENT = '%'

const.PLUS = '+'

const.QMARK = '?'

const.QUOTE = '"'

const.RANGLET = '>'

For use describing XML-based markup instead of GT or the hideously polysyllabic “ANGLE-BRACKET”

const.RBRACE = '}'

Don’t say “CURLY-BRACKET,” please.

const.RBRACKET = ']'

Don’t say “SQUARE-BRACKET,” please.

const.READ = 'r'

const.RPAREN = ')'

const.SEMICOLON = ';'

const.SHOUT = '!'

const.SLASH = '/'

const.SPACE = ' '

const.STAR = '*'

const.TAB = '\t'

const.TICK = "'"

(Single-quote character)

const.TILDE = '~'

const.UNDERBAR = '_'

const.VBAR = '|'

const.WRITE = 'w'