[Python-Dev] Python keywords (was Lockstep iteration - eureka!)

[Moshe Zadka]

On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Mark Hammond wrote:

> Sometimes it is worse than annoying!
> 
> In the COM and CORBA worlds, it can be a showstopper - if an external
> object happens to expose a method or property named after a Python keyword,
> then you simply can not use it!

How about this (simple, but relatively unannoying) convention:

To COM name:
	- remove last "_", if any

From COM name:
	- add "_" is it's a keyword
	- add "_" if last character is "_"

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Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
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