"Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:12:38 -0700, rusi wrote:

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> then what the message of the Guido-quote is, is not clear (at least to
> me).

The relevant part is in the bit that you deleted. Let me quote it for you 
again:

    "locals hiding built-ins is okay"
    -- Guido van Rossum, inventor and BDFL of Python

[deadpan]
Sorry for such a long quote, and I realise it's quite tricky to 
interpret, so let me summarise for anyone still having difficulty:

GvR is saying that it's okay to use the names of built-in functions or 
types as the names of local variables, even if that causes the built-in 
to be inaccessible within that function.


-- 
Steven