That ó
is U+1F79 ɢʀᴇᴇᴋ sᴍᴀʟʟ ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴏᴍɪᴄʀᴏɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴏxɪᴀ. Python identifiers are normalized as NFKC, and U+1F79 in NFKC becomes U+03CC ɢʀᴇᴇᴋ sᴍᴀʟʟ ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴏᴍɪᴄʀᴏɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛᴏɴᴏs.
Interestingly, if you use the same string with U+1F79 replaced by U+03CC, it works.
>>> b = collections.namedtuple("βαδιζ\u03CCντων", "value")
>>>
The documentation for namedtuple
claims that "Any valid Python identifier may be used for a fieldname". Both strings are valid Python identifiers, as can be easily tested in the interpreter.
>>> βαδιζόντων = 0
>>> βαδιζόντων = 0
>>>
This is definitely a bug in the implementation. I traced it to this bit in implementation of namedtuple
:
namespace = dict(__name__='namedtuple_%s' % typename)
exec(class_definition, namespace)
result = namespace[typename] # here!
I guess that the typename left in the namespace
dictionary by exec'ing the class_definition
template, being a Python identifier, will be in NFKC form, and thus no longer match the actual value of the typename
variable used to retrieve it. I believe simply pre-normalizing typename
should fix this, but I haven't tested it.