[Python-Dev] Set the namespace free!

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Mon Jul 26 23:04:52 CEST 2010


Am 26.07.2010 10:59, schrieb Anders Sandvig:
> 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... ;)

In the spirit of optimistic programming, why not assume a large one
and call it Yield? ;)

Georg

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