[Python-ideas] [Python-Dev] Set the namespace free!

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Georg Brandl writes:
 > 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? ;)

That's certainly more workable than the obvious near-synonym, "return".