[Python-Dev] Set the namespace free!

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Thu Jul 22 23:51:08 CEST 2010


On 7/22/2010 2:04 PM, John Nagle wrote:

>> From: Bartosz Tarnowski<bartosz-tarnowski at zlotniki.pl>

>> Python has more and more reserved words over time
...
>> What should I do then, when the attribute is a reserver word?

I am going to be a grinch and note that this is strictly a usage 
question with no development implications. It therefore is off topic 
here and should have been asked and answered on python-list or the 
mirrored newsgroup.

> That's a misuse of attributes. When you need objects with
> unconstrained fields, inherit them from "dict", and write
>
> print(elem['param'])

Right ;-)

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy



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