[ python-Bugs-1145950 ] Strange behaviour concerning variable names

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Bugs item #1145950, was opened at 2005-02-22 03:47
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Category: Parser/Compiler
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Felix Nawothnig (flexo_)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Strange behaviour concerning variable names

Initial Comment:
For some reason python coders seem to be unaware of the
fact that Python allows variable names to be longer
than one char - let's have a look at a function from
BitTorrent for example:

def decode_list(x, f):                                
                         
    r, f = [], f+1                                    
                         
    while x[f] != 'e':                                
                         
        v, f = decode_func[x[f]](x, f)                
                         
        r.append(v)                                   
                         
    return (r, f + 1)

I'm not sure about the reasons for this behaviour yet
but I suspect serious brain-damage caused by
indentation-based structuring.

A possible workaround: switching to a sane language
like Ruby.


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