[Python-ideas] Verbatim names (allowing keywords as names)

[Andrés Delfino]

IMHO, it would be much easier to learn and understand if keywords can only
be used by escaping them, instead of depending where they occur.

On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 9:13 AM, Wolfgang Maier <
wolfgang.maier at biologie.uni-freiburg.de> wrote:

> On 16.05.2018 02:41, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>>
>> Some examples:
>>
>>      result = \except + 1
>>
>>      result = something.\except
>>
>>      result = \except.\finally
>>
>>
> Maybe that could get combined with Guido's original suggestion by making
> the \ optional after a .?
>
> Example:
>
> class A ():
>     \global = 'Hello'
>     def __init__(self):
>         self.except = 0
>
>     def \finally(self):
>         return 'bye'
>
> print(A.global)
> a = A()
> a.except += 1
> print(a.finally())
>
> or with a module, in my_module.py:
>
> \except = 0
>
> elsewhere:
>
> import my_module
> print(my_module.except)
>
> or
>
> from my_module import \except
> print(\except)
>
> Best,
> Wolfgang
>
>
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