Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> writes: > Having to make another name for the same object, merely to avoid some > surprising behaviour, is IMO un-Pythonic.
I suppose my objection is rooted in the fact this behaviour is implicit; my code has not issued a ‘del’ statement, and so I don't expect one; yet it occurs implicitly. This violates the Zen of Python. > PEP 3000 documents the change:: I got the wrong number there; it's PEP 3110. -- \ “Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, | `\ give it to the guard on duty.” —zoo, Budapest | _o__) | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
