[Python-Dev] Set the namespace free! (original) (raw)

Anders Sandvig anders.sandvig at gmail.com
Mon Jul 26 10:59:52 CEST 2010


On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 3:31 AM, Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org> wrote:

Yuck.  Anyone who feels they need a variable named the same a reserved word simply feels wrong and needs reeducation.  [...]

While I agree with you in principle, I have been finding it frustrating trying to calculate yield in my financial applications lately... ;)

That being said, yield is pretty much the only (reserved) word I have had problems with finding (descriptive) alternative (variable) names for, so far.

Anders



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