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

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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

#47623 — Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers

>>         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....

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MarkJ
Tacoma, Washington

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#47631

On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:20:58 -0700, Mark Janssen 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....

list is not a keyword.



-- 
Steven

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#47672

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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Grant Edwards               grant.b.edwards        Yow! Could I have a drug
                                  at               overdose?
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