On 2013-06-11, Mark Janssen <dreamingforw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> list = [] >>> Reading further, one sees that the function works with two lists, a list of >>> file names, unfortunately called 'list', >> >> That is very good advice in general: never choose a variable name >> that is a keyword. > > Btw, shouldn't it be illegal anyway? Most compilers don't let you do > use a keyword as a variable name....
We're not talking about keywords. We're talking about built-ins -- which are just global symbols that are pre-imported for your shopping convenience. Other than the fact that they're pre-imported for you, they're no different than symbols imported from any other module. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Could I have a drug at overdose? gmail.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list