On 8/19/05, Jeremy Hylton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/18/05, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8/17/05, Anthony Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you _really_ want to call a local variable 'id' you can (but > > > shouldn't). > > > > Disagreed. The built-in namespace is searched last for a reason -- the > > design is such that if you don't care for a particular built-in you > > don't need to know about it. > > In practice, it causes much confusion if you ever use a local variable > that has the same name as the built-in namespace. If you intend to > use id as a variable, it leads to confusing messages when a typo or > editing error accidentally removes the definition, because the name > will still be defined for you. It also leads to confusion when you > later want to use the builtin in the same module or function (or in > the debugger). If Python defines the name, I don't want to provide a > redefinition.
This has startled me a few times, but never for more than 30 seconds. In correct code there sure isn't any confusion. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
