Tom Kermode wrote:
Do you know a good way to avoid running into this problem? It makes sense to suggest not calling variables the same names as built-in functions, but that's hard for a new python programmer who doesn't already know what all the built-in functions are.
One way is using a code checker like PyChecker[1]. This neat software for finding bugs will check for lots of other pitfalls too, but you can filter it down to what you need if you're only interested in this one.
I don't use an IDE, but this would seem like something for an IDE[2] to support if you're into that kind of magic.
Regards, Friðrik Már [1] http://pychecker.sourceforge.net/ [2] http://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironments -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
