Florent Xicluna added the comment: According to the documentation, the reserved words are classified as identifiers: http://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#keywords
There's an easy workaround: >>> from keyword import iskeyword >>> def is_valid_identifier(s): ... return s.isidentifier() and not iskeyword(s) ... >>> is_valid_identifier('def') False ---------- nosy: +flox _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue17447> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com