python coding contest

[rbt]

Tim Hochberg wrote:
> 
> Is it necessary to keep the input parameter as 'input'? Reducing that to 
> a single character drops the length of a program by at least 8 
> characters. Technically it changes the interface of the function, so 
> it's a little bogus, but test.py doesn't check. (Personally I prefer 
> that if be illegal, but if it's legal I'll have to do it).
> 
> -tim
> 

isn't the word 'input' a special word anyway???