SV: Conventions for dummy name

Torsten Bronger writes: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> Torsten Bronger wrote: >> >>> [...] >>> >>> Right, that's because I've used "__" where not all returning >>> values are interesing to me such as >>> >>> a, b, __ = function_that_returns_three_values(x, y) >> >> Variable name "dummy" serves the

SV: Conventions for dummy name

Torsten Bronger wrote: >Hallöchen! > >Ben Finney writes: > >> "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> The underscore is used as "discarded" identifier. So maybe >>> >>> for _ in xrange(10): >>> ... >> >> The problem with the '_' name is that it is already well-known and >> long-u