Using a mix of Unicode characters (Phylum) While the text in these strings, besides the different fonts, looks almost normal in visual inspections, it makes a massive difference for Python ...

Observed on the surface, the characters look normal and benign ... However, should the abuse of Unicode for hiding malicious Python code become a trend, it might become cause for concern.

Furthermore, the relative verbosity and expressiveness with which a given language prints these eleven Unicode characters has become a popular flex between platform advocates. Python and Java ...