UNABLE TO GET IDLE TO RUN

[Terry Reedy]

On 10/30/2015 12:29 PM, Laura Creighton wrote:
> In a message of Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:21:30 +0100, Michiel Overtoom writes:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Laura wrote:
>>> I think that it would be useful if IDLE spit out a warning
>>
>> An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Maybe it's an idea that IDLE gives a warning when you're trying to save a file with a name that would shadow an existing module?

> You might want to add that idea here:
> https://bugs.python.org/issue25514

A warning requires a list to check against.  I just suggested on 
python-ideas the addition of a 'module' module, similar to the 'keyword' 
module, that would have the needed lists and functions.  Support for the 
idea (on python-ideas list) is welcome.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy