On 25 February 2015 21:24:37 GMT+00:00, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:45 AM, Mark Lawrence ><breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> http://www.slideshare.net/pydanny/python-worst-practices >> >> Any that should be added to this list? Any that be removed as not >that bad? > >Remove the complaint about id. It's an extremely useful variable name, >and you hardly ever need the function.
You can add one character and avoid the conflict with "id_" and not require anyone else maintaining the code to think about it. As rare as the conflict is, I think the ease of avoiding it makes the extra character a practical defensive technique. I agree it is not a worst case. Simon -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
