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On 03/02/2016 06:33 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:

> It's not just name collisions. You should be able to keep in your head
> every local name in a section of code. Giving a name to a single-use
> expression wastes one of those precious slots in your mind, even if
> it's easily and safely unique.

If it's a single-use name I stop remembering after its single use.

--
~Ethan~