[Python-Dev] Set the namespace free!

Anders Sandvig anders.sandvig at gmail.com
Mon Jul 26 10:59:52 CEST 2010


On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:31 AM, Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org> wrote:
> Yuck.  Anyone who feels they need a variable named the same a reserved word
> simply feels wrong and needs reeducation.  [...]

While I agree with you in principle, I have been finding it
frustrating trying to calculate yield in my financial applications
lately... ;)

That being said, yield is pretty much the only (reserved) word I have
had problems with finding (descriptive) alternative (variable) names
for, so far.


Anders


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