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  • \$\begingroup\$ In general, you can't have a letter after a digit if it confuses the lexer. A digit followed by e is expected to be a float literal, so something like 1else wouldn't work for versions of python that support exponents in the literal. Similarly, as 0o is the prefix of an octal literal, o can follow any digit but 0. For the complete lexical rules, refer to docs.python.org/2/reference/lexical_analysis.html \$\endgroup\$ Commented Aug 1, 2016 at 5:20
  • \$\begingroup\$ @xsot Do you know what versions of Python will parse this way? I remember a comment thread on this, but I can't find it. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Aug 1, 2016 at 5:51
  • \$\begingroup\$ I've always assumed these rules so I'm not sure which versions of python deviate from them. Possibly the older ones, if any. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Aug 1, 2016 at 6:12
  • \$\begingroup\$ @xsot It works on 2.7.10 but fails on Anachy's 2.7.2. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Aug 1, 2016 at 6:28