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Re: scope of function parameters (take two)

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  Re: scope of function parameters (take two) Daniel Kluev <dan.kluev@gmail.com> - 2011-05-31 12:48 +1100
    Re: scope of function parameters (take two) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-31 15:20 +1000

#6693 — Re: scope of function parameters (take two)

On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> Again, go back and reread what I and other wrote. I believe that you are, in
> part, hypnotized by the work 'variable'. Can you define the word? There are
> 10 to 20 possible variations, and yours is probably wrong for Python.

On a sidenote, I wonder what is the reason to keep word 'variable' in
python documentation at all. I believe word 'name' represents concept
better, and those, who come from other languages, would be less likely
to associate wrong definitions with it.

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With best regards,
Daniel Kluev

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Daniel Kluev <dan.kluev@gmail.com> writes:

> On a sidenote, I wonder what is the reason to keep word 'variable' in
> python documentation at all. I believe word 'name' represents concept
> better, and those, who come from other languages, would be less likely
> to associate wrong definitions with it.

I agree, but the term “variable” is used freely within the Python
development team to refer to Python's name-to-object bindings, and that
usage isn't likely to stop through our efforts.

So the burden is unfortunately on us to teach each newbie that this
often-used term means something other than what they might expect.

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Ben Finney

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