Are Python's reserved words reserved in places they dont need to be?

[Robert Hicks]

metaperl wrote:
> Istvan Albert wrote:
> > metaperl wrote:
> > > -->  python -i
> > > >>> class = "algebra"
> > >   File "<stdin>", line 1
> > >     class = "algebra"
> > >           ^
> > > SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> >
> > Designing a syntax to avoid all possible newbie errors is impractical
> > because as soon as you are finished with one iteration the new newbies
> > will start making different kinds of errors...
>
> You are missing the point: the point is that the above could be
> considered correct if the rules of Python were that an assignment
> statement takes
> IDENTIFIER '=' LVALUE
>
> Also  "class" IDENTIFIER COLON could also be considered correct.
>

Yes it could but it isn't and isn't likely to be. Simply do not use
reserved words. That rule is hardly limited to Python.

Robert