[Python-Dev] Making None a keyword (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh@python.net
26 Apr 2002 11:40:02 +0100

Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

I'd like to make None a keyword. This prevents dumb users from assigning to it and screwing themselves, and can cause a slight speedup because using None avoids two dict lookups.

You are going to make this issue a warning in 2.3, right?

Cheers, M.

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