Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au>: > Gregory Ewing <greg.ew...@canterbury.ac.nz> writes: > >> Marko is asking us to stop using the word "binding" to refer to >> assignment because of the potential confusion with this other meaning. > > That's about as reasonable as my request that we stop using the term > “variable” for what is, in Python, an un-typed reference to an object. > > I expect both of these requests to meet with little satisfaction.
I'm actually not asking, only wishing. People new to Python are unnecessarily confused by talking about names and binding when it's really just ordinary variables and assignment. It seems to be mostly some sort of marketing lingo that seeks to create an air of mystique around Python. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
