Re: dummy, underscore and unused local variables

From	Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
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Subject	Re: dummy, underscore and unused local variables
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Date	2011-06-14 10:39 +1000
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Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> writes:

> If I use 
> for dummy in range(mylimit):
>     ....
> ## or
> for _ in range(mylimit):
>     ....
> I get no complaint from pychecker.	
> I would welcome comments on best practices for this issue.

I have argued in the past against overloading the name ‘_’ for this
<URL:http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2008-January/523777.html>
since it has other, unrelated, meanings already established.

Other responses in that thread are also useful.

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dummy, underscore and unused local variables Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> - 2011-06-13 07:37 -0800
  Re: dummy, underscore and unused local variables Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-13 16:02 +0000
    Re: dummy, underscore and unused local variables Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-14 02:28 +1000
  Re: dummy, underscore and unused local variables Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-06-14 10:39 +1000

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