with as a reserved word

kyosohma at gmail.com kyosohma at gmail.com
Mon Jun 11 11:07:47 EDT 2007


On Jun 11, 10:03 am, BBands <bba... at gmail.com> wrote:
> I gather that 'with' is on its way to becoming a reserved word. Is
> this something that will break?
>
> import Gnuplot
> gp = Gnuplot.Gnuplot(debug=1)
> data = Gnuplot.Data([1,2,3,4,3,2,3,4,3,2,1], with='linespoints')
> gp.plot(data)
>
> >>> <module1>:3: Warning: 'with' will become a reserved keyword in Python 2.6
>
> http://www.gnuplot.info/http://gnuplot-py.sourceforge.net/
>
> This was run by PyScripter 1.8.7.1 with Python 2.5.
>
>      jab

Looks that way since you can assign anything to 'for' or 'if' or other
reserved words.

Mike




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