On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:12:38 -0700, rusi wrote: [...] > then what the message of the Guido-quote is, is not clear (at least to > me).
The relevant part is in the bit that you deleted. Let me quote it for you again: "locals hiding built-ins is okay" -- Guido van Rossum, inventor and BDFL of Python [deadpan] Sorry for such a long quote, and I realise it's quite tricky to interpret, so let me summarise for anyone still having difficulty: GvR is saying that it's okay to use the names of built-in functions or types as the names of local variables, even if that causes the built-in to be inaccessible within that function. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list