On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 9:52 AM David Mertz <me...@gnosis.cx> wrote:

> So in my mind, if I had the choice, it is a decision between a sigil and a
> word to indicate "no, really use this name as a value!" I like a word
> better, but none of the current keywords really make sense, so it would
> need to be a new word. I suggested "value", but another word might be
> better.
>

The good news here is that the PEP 634 syntax is sufficiently restricted
that we can always add this later, regardless of whether we end up wanting
a sigil or a (soft) keyword, as long as we agree that the meaning of a bare
name should be a capture variable.

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