"Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The underscore is used as "discarded" identifier. So maybe > > for _ in xrange(10): > ...
The problem with the '_' name is that it is already well-known and long-used existing convention for an entirely unrelated purpose: in the 'gettext' i18n library, the '_' function to get the locally-translated version of a text string. Since the number of programs that need to use something like 'gettext' (and therefore use the '_' function) is likely only to increase, it seems foolish to set one's program up for a conflict with that established usage. I've seen 'dummy' used as a "don't care about this value" name in other Python code. That seems more readable, more explicit, and less likely to conflict with existing conventions. -- \ "It is forbidden to steal hotel towels. Please if you are not | `\ person to do such is please not to read notice." -- Hotel | _o__) sign, Kowloon, Hong Kong | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
