[issue24003] variable naming

Ned Deily added the comment: (... and is documented in The Python 3 and 2 Language Reference manuals: https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#keywords and https://docs.python.org/2/reference/lexical_analysis.html#keywords) -- nosy: +ned.deily

[issue24003] variable naming

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[issue24003] variable naming

Steven D'Aprano added the comment: This is not a bug. "while" is a keyword, it is part of Python's syntax, and you are not permitted to use keywords as variable names. This is not an accident, but a deliberate decision. -- nosy: +steven.daprano resolution: -> not a bug status: open ->

[issue24003] variable naming

New submission from john kaiser: found error when naming variables with basic functions how to replicate while=123 #while should be treated as variable name while True: #this should be treated as a function print while #this should be as a variable name result: File "C:\Users\_you go