Arrrrgh! Another module broken

[Chris Rebert]

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Jive Dadson <notontheweb at noisp.com> wrote:
> Matt Newville wrote:
>>
>> On Jan 17, 7:25 pm, Jive Dadson <notonthe... at noisp.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I just found another module that broke when I went to 2.6. > Gnuplot.
>>>  Apparently one of its routines has a parameter
>>> named "with."  That used to be okay, and now it's not.
>>
>> This was fixed in version 1.8 of Gnuplot.py
>>
>>> Once I get everything to work under 2.6, I am using it
>>> forever or until new releases no longer break working
>>> code, whichever comes first.
>>
>> Hey, good luck with that forever plan.
>
> I have source code that uses the "with" kwarg. What do I replace it with?

Rename the argument to something else that's not a Python keyword.
When keyword conflicts occur, appending an underscore (i.e. with_) is
a popular option, as is using a nonstandard spelling (e.g. wif)

Cheers,
Chris
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