"Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers

[Grant Edwards]

On 2013-06-11, Mark Janssen <dreamingforward at gmail.com> wrote:
>>         list = []
>> Reading further, one sees that the function works with two lists, a list of
>> file names, unfortunately called 'list',
>
> That is very good advice in general:  never choose a variable name
> that is a keyword.

You can't choose a vriable name that is a keyword: the compiler won't
allow it.

"list" isn't a keyword.

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