[Python-Dev] Python keywords

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Mon, 28 Aug 2000 10:58:34 +0200


Thomas Wouters wrote:
> 
> Mark, (and the rest of python-dev)
> 
> There was a thread here a few weeks ago (or so, I seem to have misplaced
> that particular thread :P) about using Python keywords as identifiers in
> some cases. You needed that ability for .NET-Python, where the specs say any
> identifier should be possible as methods and attributes, and there were some
> comments on the list on how to do that (by Guido, for one.)

Are you sure you want to confuse Python source code readers by
making keywords usable as identifiers ?

What would happen to Python simple to parse grammar -- would
syntax highlighting still be as simple as it is now ?

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