[Python-ideas] Make all keywords legal as an identifier
Stephen J. Turnbull
stephen at xemacs.org
Tue Apr 26 03:53:11 CEST 2011
haael writes:
> Goal:
> Let _all_ alphanumeric keywords be legal as names for variables,
> functions and classes, even the ones that are reserved words now.
-1
Do you have any idea how many TB of hate mail you will get from
maintainers of Python modes for editors if this goes through?<wink>
Philosophically, Lewis Carroll put "paid" to this proposal more than
100 years ago. All the king's horses and all the king's men won't be
able to put it together again.
To be specific, having reserved tokens in the syntax, including
keywords, enhances readability. Python's #1 feature is readability.
Let's keep it that way!
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