RE: [Python-Dev] Making None a keyword

[Guido]

... It needs to add 'None' as an alternative to all other places where currently NAME occurs.

Fudge. None makes no sense anywhere in, e.g., dotted_name: NAME ('.' NAME)* or global_stmt: 'global' NAME (',' NAME)* but I suppose it has to be allowed for in 2.3 anyway else an existing import None.None.None as None would yield a SyntaxError instead of a warning. Note too that we can't change the generated code at all for 2.3 unless under the control of a new future statement, else existing None-abusing code could break.