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

Date 2013-06-12 17:30 -0700
From Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
Subject Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers
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On 06/12/2013 05:04 PM, Mark Janssen wrote:
> Steven D'Aprono wrote:
>>
>> Apart from Erlang, got any other examples? Because it seems to me that in
>> languages with nested scopes or namespaces, shadowing higher levels is
>> exactly the right thing to do.
>
> Really?
>
>--> int="five"
>--> [int(i) for i in ["1","2","3"]]
> TypeError:  str is not callable
>
> Now how are you going to get the original int type back?

--> del int

Mark Janssen*, you would increase your credibility if you actually *learned* Python.

--
~Ethan~

*full name used to distinguish from at least one other Mark on the list.

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"Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-10 20:14 -0400
  Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 19:36 -0700
    Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-11 03:02 +0000
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 20:30 -0700
        Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-11 05:52 +0000
        Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-11 17:20 +1000
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-11 13:57 +1000
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2013-06-11 18:55 +0300
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 17:04 -0700
        Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-13 01:01 +0000
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 10:08 +1000
        Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-13 01:08 +0000
          Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 11:30 +1000
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-06-12 19:18 -0500
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 10:33 +1000
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-06-12 17:30 -0700
  Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-11 02:56 +0000
    Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-11 02:06 -0400
    Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-11 08:22 -0700
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-11 16:59 +0000
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-12 03:32 +1000

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