Sybren Stuvel wrote: > Ray enlightened us with: > > Also having to check whether a name has already existed can be a > > major pain in the butt with Python. With Java you always know when a > > name has already existed, and what type is bound to the name. I > > consider this to be a Good Thing (tm). > > I don't buy that. With long functions and variable declarations all > over the place, you can easily miss a few. If you then also forget to > declare a variable (people make mistakes) you can easily re-use a name > without knowing.
Huh? No. The compiler will always tell you. Have you ever tried Java before? > > Sybren > -- > The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a > capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the > safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? > Frank Zappa -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list