From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 03:38:10 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention warnings about defining None.
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~4437
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f808b891d6c1a0a6387a791dccd3305492dff555;p=python

Mention warnings about defining None.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2c9d83f40d..7a260006d6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ Type/class unification and new-style classes
 
 Core and builtins
 
+- Use of 'None' as a variable, argument or attribute name now
+  issues a SyntaxWarning.  In the future, None may become a keyword.
+
 - SET_LINENO is gone.  co_lnotab is now consulted to determine when to
   call the trace function.  C code that accessed f_lineno should call
   PyCode_Addr2Line instead (f_lineno is still there, but not kept up