None assigment

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <mailman.981633367.1329.python-list at python.org>,
Gregoire Welraeds  <greg at perceval.be> wrote:
>
>While playing a bit with python 2.0, I found that I can assign some value
>to None
>
>EG: None= 2
>
>which I found to be very pernicious because then the following, for
>example, won't work any more:
>
>>>> b= filter(None, [1,2,'',3])
>
>Bug or feature ?

Neither, really; it's Just The Way Things Work.
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