parameter name conflict. How to solve?

[Steven Bethard]

Bo Peng wrote:
> Dear list,
> 
> If you ask: why do you choose these names? The answer is: they need to 
> be conformable with other functions, parameter names.
> 
> I have a function that pretty much like:
> 
> def output(output=''):
>   print output
> 
> and now in another function, I need to call output function, with again 
> keyword parameter output
> 
> def func(output=''):
>   output(output=output)
> 
> Naturally, I get 'str' object is not callable. Is there a way to tell 
> func that the first output is actually a function?

Yes, but you probably don't want to go that way.  Can you explicitly 
indicate the location of the 'output' function?  e.g.:

py> def output(output=''):
...     print output
...
py> def func(output=''):
...     __import__(__name__).output(output)
...
py> func('abc')
abc

or possibly:

py> def func(output=''):
...     globals()['output'](output)
...
py> func('abc')
abc

This is easier if output is in another module -- you can just write 
something like:
     outputmodule.output(output)

STeVe