[Python-Dev] Making None a keyword

[Michael Hudson]

Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

> I'd like to make None a keyword.  This prevents dumb users from
> assigning to it and screwing themselves, and can cause a slight
> speedup because using None avoids two dict lookups.

You are going to make this issue a warning in 2.3, right?

Cheers,
M.

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