> [...] another leading character was the only ASCII syntax left for such a thing.
Not really? The original PEP [1] for example considered `i"asdf"` as an alternative syntax. Any ASCII Latin letter besides from `b`, `r` and `u` would have been usable.
Not really? The original PEP [1] for example considered `i"asdf"` as an alternative syntax. Any ASCII Latin letter besides from `b`, `r` and `u` would have been usable.
[1] https://peps.python.org/pep-0498/#how-to-denote-f-strings