Perl is worse! (was: Python is Wierd!)

[Gisle Aas]

"Tim Peters" <tim_one at email.msn.com> writes:

> [Steve Lamb]
> > ...
> > I just don't understand how people can advocate for types and the
> > restrictions they impose while, on the other hand, embracing a
> > language that is free enough to shoot yourself in the foot by
> > reassigning None.
> 
> Frankly, I have trouble understanding that too.  Yet here we are, year after
> year!
> 
> [Chris Lawrence ]
> > Hmm, works in JPython too.  And Python 2.0b1.  Maybe it's a feature ;-)
> >
> > Frankly, I don't know how you'd get None back.
> 
> If you really must,
> 
>     import __builtin__
>     None = __builtin__.None
> 
> Same as for any other builtin you go out of your way to destroy.  In the
> case of None, though, simpler tricks will suffice, like
> 
>     None = [].sort()

Even simpler is

   del(None)

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Gisle Aas