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

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Date 2013-06-12 12:40 -0700
Subject Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers
From Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.3121.1371066032.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> 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.
>
> You can't choose a vriable name that is a keyword: the compiler won't
> allow it.
>
> "list" isn't a keyword.

You're right.  I was being sloppy.
-- 
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 17:18 -0700
  Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-12 14:24 +0000
    Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 12:40 -0700
    Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 06:30 +1000
    Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 16:07 -0700
    Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 09:53 +1000
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-13 00:47 +0000
    Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-06-12 19:06 -0500
    Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 17:26 -0700
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-13 01:23 +0000
        Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2013-06-13 11:09 +0100
    Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 10:28 +1000

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