[Python-Dev] ',' precedence in documentation (original) (raw)

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Mon Sep 15 03:38:58 CEST 2008

Martin v. Löwis wrote:

Even if it isn't a keyword, the compiler could still special-case it, and add a run-time check to determine whether assert is still bound to the built-in assert.

Then we would have something that looks exactly like an ordinary function call but actually isn't. I'm not sure that's a good idea.

Also there are issues such as what happens if you shadow it.

-- Greg

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