[Python-Dev] ',' precedence in documentation
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Mon Sep 15 03:38:58 CEST 2008
Martin v. Löwis wrote:
> Even if it isn't a keyword, the compiler could still special-case it,
> and add a run-time check to determine whether assert is still bound to
> the built-in assert.
Then we would have something that looks exactly like
an ordinary function call but actually isn't. I'm
not sure that's a good idea.
Also there are issues such as what happens if you
shadow it.
--
Greg
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