tool to check whether formal and actual parameters have similarnames

[Terry Reedy]

"Amir Michail" <amichail at gmail.com> wrote in message
news:cfa3hb$387 at odak26.prod.google.com...
> def plot(x,y): ...
>
> plot( x1, y1 ) # ok
>
> plot( y1, x1 ) # not ok,

Reversing args reflects plot about 45 degree line, which is a quite
legitimate thing to do if that is what you want to do.  Perhaps original
coder got plot 'backwards' and editor want to reverse it without changes
name throughout code.

> but this is ok:  plot (x=y1, y=x1)

If *you* want to force yourself to jump thru hoops like this, go ahead, but
don't expect anyone else to follow ;-)

> Does this make any sense, even in a heuristic sense?

Not really.  I name things like age, weight, height, cholesteral_level with
their proper names or abbreviations thereof.  Your idea strikes me as an
interesting brainstorm that on second thought would best be left behind.

Terry J. Reedy