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From: Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:23:38 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2013-06-11, Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>         list = []
>>> Reading further, one sees that the function works with two lists, a list of
>>> file names, unfortunately called 'list',
>>
>> That is very good advice in general:  never choose a variable name
>> that is a keyword.
>
> Btw,  shouldn't it be illegal anyway?  Most compilers don't let you do
> use a keyword as a variable name....

We're not talking about keywords.  We're talking about built-ins -- 
which are just global symbols that are pre-imported for your shopping
convenience.  Other than the fact that they're pre-imported for you,
they're no different than symbols imported from any other module.

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