On 2011-08-17, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Seebs <usenet-nos...@seebs.net> wrote: >> If it's such a bad thing, *why is it allowed*? ?Why are you proud of the >> ability to do something that you are never socially-allowed to do?
> Going back to my original three examples: I may have been unclear about jumping topics; that comment was about monkey-patching, not about shadowing. > I greatly prefer this to the alternative, which is another 133 > reserved words (based on Python 3.2 for Windows). You have a point there. I guess I'm just used to the assumption that the confusion caused by shadowing names outweighs the benefits of using them -- the world is rich with plausible names. -s -- Copyright 2011, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nos...@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated! I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
