On Jul 24, 8:14 am, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Hrvoje Niksic <hnik...@xemacs.org> writes: > > The term "variable" is used in the Python language reference and > > elsewhere > > Yes. It should also be abundantly clear from the constant stream of > confused newbies on this point that its usage of that term is different > to what many expect from usage elsewhere.
Personally, I haven't noticed a constant stream, just a few here and there. I expect that someone used to C variables will expect Python variables to behave the same way even if you call them something different, so what really is the point? Carl Banks -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
