Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers

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Date	2013-06-10 17:20 -0700
Subject	Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers
From	Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com>
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>>         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....

-- 
MarkJ
Tacoma, Washington

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Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 17:20 -0700
  Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-11 02:53 +0000
  Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-11 16:23 +0000

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