[Patches] [ python-Patches-1492218 ] None missing from keyword module

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Patches item #1492218, was opened at 2006-05-20 22:43
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Category: Library (Lib)
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Žiga Seilnacht (zseil)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: None missing from keyword module

Initial Comment:
None became a keyword in Python 2.4, but this is
not evident from the Python/gramminit.c file. As
a consequence, None is not included in the
keyword module when you regenerate it.

This patch also includes documentation fixes (None
was missing from keywords section in reference manual)
and fixes for syntax highliting for Idle and Vim.
python-mode.el already treats None, True and False
differently, so I didn't try to change it.


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>Comment By: Žiga Seilnacht (zseil)
Date: 2006-05-22 13:04

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I realise that None is a constant, not a keyword.
Could at least the documentation be changed?
Currently the reference manual says:

"The following identifiers are used as reserved words, or
keywords of the language, and cannot be used as ordinary
identifiers."

A list that doesn't include None follows, but as your
example shows, None also can't be used as an ordinary
identifier.
Later on that page:

"In some future version of Python, the identifier None
will become a keyword."

See:
http://docs.python.org/dev/ref/keywords.html

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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2006-05-22 11:26

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None is not a keyword. Watch this:

>>> def None():pass
SyntaxError: assignment to None
>>> def while():pass
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> 

None remains an identifier, but assignments to None are not
allowed.

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