Why no warnings when re-assigning builtin names?

[Seebs]

On 2011-08-31, Chris Torek <nospam at torek.net> wrote:
> (I realize this thread is old.  I have been away for a few weeks.
> I read through the whole thread, though, and did not see anyone
> bring up this one particular point: there is already a linting
> script that handles this.)

Yes.  I've found pylint... A weird mix of "very helpful, thanks" and
"oh, come off it".  A thread about pylint is where I got my example of
the natural Python way to express a parabola:
	theValueRepresentingTheYAxisLocationOfThePoint = 
		theValueRepresentingTheXAxisLocationOfThe Point *
		theValueRepresentingTheXAxisLocationOfThe Point

I still say that there are times when short names are natural and
idiomatic, and much clearer than long names.  :P

But I do think that, given the basic assumption that pylint is a core
tool for vetting code, it is probably adequate for it to provide the
warnings.

-s
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