
April 26, 2011
3:53 a.m.
haael writes:
Goal: Let _all_ alphanumeric keywords be legal as names for variables, functions and classes, even the ones that are reserved words now.
-1 Do you have any idea how many TB of hate mail you will get from maintainers of Python modes for editors if this goes through?<wink> Philosophically, Lewis Carroll put "paid" to this proposal more than 100 years ago. All the king's horses and all the king's men won't be able to put it together again. To be specific, having reserved tokens in the syntax, including keywords, enhances readability. Python's #1 feature is readability. Let's keep it that way!