[Python-ideas] Suggestion: Clear screen command for the REPL

[João Matos]

Hello,

You are correct.
Thanks for the explanation.

Best regards,

JM


terça-feira, 20 de Setembro de 2016 às 02:56:57 UTC+1, Steven D'Aprano 
escreveu:

> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 01:35:53PM -0700, João Matos wrote: 
> > Hello, 
> > 
> > I don't see why creating a clear command would interfere with 
> dict.clear() 
> > which is a function/method. 
>
> For the same reason that you can't have a method called foo.while or 
> foo.if or foo.raise. If clear is a "command" (a statement) it would need 
> to be a keyword, like while, if and raise. 
>
>
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