On 26 Apr 2011, at 07:42, Mike Meyer wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:26:47 -0400 Mike Graham <mikegraham@gmail.com> wrote:
Other examples, some more contrived than others, could be provided--some of these would be good names if not for their keyword status. However, I don't think I've seen a suggestion better than the current solution (or lack thereof).
I think the *first* part of this proposal - allowing attribute names to be keywords - provides almost all the benefits and few of the problems that were brought up.
Note that attribute names can already be keywords (same for globals). It's just that the compiler will complain when it sees them, so you have to make sure it doesn't sees them.
class A: pass ... a = A() setattr(a, "with", 1) getattr(a, "with") 1
globals()["for"] = 12 globals()["for"] 12
-- Arnaud