[Python-ideas] relaxing keyword usage restrictions

[Greg Ewing]

Nick Coghlan wrote:

> You could answer "but the feature is for programmatically generated
> attributes, such as CSV column names,

I'd argue that it's for interfacing with libraries written
in a different language.

Your point about consistency still stands, but consistency
doesn't necessarily trump all other considerations. Having
to translate the API of a wrapped library by prepending
underscores, or whatever convention is chosen, carries a
mental burden as well. Not only do you have to remember to
do it, you have to remember what convention the author of
the wrapper used.

-- 
Greg