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Message280683

Author	xfq
Recipients	docs@python, xfq
Date	2016-11-13.03:36:35
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Message-id	<1479008196.92.0.673244295473.issue28681@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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In https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/6fbb7c9d77c6/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst#l295 : A function definition introduces the function name in the current symbol table. The value of the function name has a type that is recognized by the interpreter as a user-defined function. This value can be assigned to another name which can then also be used as a function. This serves as a general renaming mechanism Maybe "aliasing" is a better term than "renaming" here, since the original function name can still be used after the "renaming".

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In https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/6fbb7c9d77c6/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst#l295 :

   A function definition introduces the function name in the
   current symbol table. The value of the function name has a
   type that is recognized by the interpreter as a user-defined
   function.  This value can be assigned to another name which
   can then also be used as a function.  This serves as a general
   renaming mechanism

Maybe "aliasing" is a better term than "renaming" here, since the original function name can still be used after the "renaming".

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