"Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers
Steven D'Aprano
steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info
Mon Jun 10 22:53:02 EDT 2013
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:20:58 -0700, Mark Janssen wrote:
>>> list = []
>>> Reading further, one sees that the function works with two lists, a
>>> list of file names, unfortunately called 'list',
>>
>> That is very good advice in general: never choose a variable name that
>> is a keyword.
>
> Btw, shouldn't it be illegal anyway? Most compilers don't let you do
> use a keyword as a variable name....
list is not a keyword.
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Steven
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