Replacement for keyword 'global' good idea? (e.g. 'modulescope' or 'module' better?)

D H no at spam
Fri Aug 5 19:32:26 EDT 2005


seberino at spawar.navy.mil wrote:
> I've heard 2 people complain that word 'global' is confusing.
> 
> Perhaps 'modulescope' or 'module' would be better?
> 
> Am I the first peope to have thought of this and suggested it?
> 
> Is this a candidate for Python 3000 yet?

It is likely that more people would find module or modulescope confusing.

Plus module has a different customary meaning already:

import <module>



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