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Backticks `x` as an alias for Q('x')

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
data

Research direction

The issue proposes making backtick expressions an alias for Q('...') in Patsy's formula syntax, with examples involving x/y and compatibility with R-style field addressing. No files, tests, or entry points are named, so first locate the formula parser and existing Q() handling. Done would mean backtick expressions behave equivalently to Q() expressions and have coverage for the shown cases.

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Description

This is a suggestion to implement backticks as an alias for quoting Q('...'). E.g.:

Q('x/y')  
  ==
`x/y`

Rationale:

  1. Traditional: R syntax allows addressing fields as:
data$`x/y`
  1. User convenience: less letters and no need to select two different quotation marks.
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Python
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