Quoted identifiers in Python?

[Remco Gerlich]

Eddie and Babs <kca17 at dial.pipex.com> wrote in comp.lang.python:
> While reading an article about the Dylan language a few years ago, I was 
> surprised to find that you could have quoted identifiers (ie, variable and
> function names, etc). So you could have a function named "turn around" (with
> quotes) and then call it using something like:
> 
>     "turn around"(xxx)
> 
> The idea is that you can put any characters within the quotes.

So when I do

x = "turn around"

How does Python know whether I mean the string or the identifier?

-- 
Remco Gerlich