[Python-3000] The meaning of "global variable"

Neil Toronto ntoronto at cs.byu.edu
Fri Nov 3 21:28:07 CET 2006


Ron Adam wrote:
> Mike Krell wrote:
>   
>>> How about [...] using 'parent' as the keyword?
>>>       
>> I once proposed 'parent' in a similar thread a long time ago.
>>
>> It's a non-starter because it's a commonly used variable name.
>>
>>    Mike
>>     
>
>
> I thought it might be.
>
> How about.   __parent__
>
>
> Just kidding,  (I think),  of course that looks too much like a method name.
>   

Heck - just call it mijn_ouder or something. That even *looks* like 
"outer," and I'll bet it's not in anybody's code, either...

Neil



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