Daniel Kluev <dan.kl...@gmail.com> writes: > On a sidenote, I wonder what is the reason to keep word 'variable' in > python documentation at all. I believe word 'name' represents concept > better, and those, who come from other languages, would be less likely > to associate wrong definitions with it.
I agree, but the term “variable” is used freely within the Python development team to refer to Python's name-to-object bindings, and that usage isn't likely to stop through our efforts. So the burden is unfortunately on us to teach each newbie that this often-used term means something other than what they might expect. -- \ “In case you haven't noticed, [the USA] are now almost as | `\ feared and hated all over the world as the Nazis were.” —Kurt | _o__) Vonnegut, 2004 | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
