[Python-Dev] [poll] New name for builtins (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Nov 28 18:59:01 CET 2007

On Nov 28, 2007 9:39 AM, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:

Steve Holden schrieb:

>> What name do you prefer? I'm +1 with Raymond on root but I'm still >> open for better suggestions. >> > The namespace should really be called global. I doubt this will fly, > because it's too radical, and unfortunately would undermine the "global" > keyword, used in 2.x to indicate that a name should be sought in the > module namespace. There are quite a few other places where "globals" is used with that meaning. > I doubt many people would want to replace "global" with "module". > > What's it being replaced with in 3.x? Nothing yet, it's still there, together with "nonlocal".

The global statement will not be changed or renamed.

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