I use it all the time, mainly for "x", "n", and "pi":
sage: n = 5 sage: del n sage: n --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NameError Traceback (most recent call last) <ipython-input-5-fe13119fb084> in <module>() ----> 1 n NameError: name 'n' is not defined sage: reset("n") sage: n <function numerical_approx at 0x7f86c46dc0c8> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.