UNABLE TO GET IDLE TO RUN

Fri Oct 30 21:15:08 EDT 2015

On 10/30/2015 12:29 PM, Laura Creighton wrote:
> In a message of 2015年10月30日 16:21:30 +0100, Michiel Overtoom writes:
>> Hi,
>>>> Laura wrote:
>>> I think that it would be useful if IDLE spit out a warning
>>>> An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Maybe it's an idea that IDLE gives a warning when you're trying to save a file with a name that would shadow an existing module?

> You might want to add that idea here:
> https://bugs.python.org/issue25514

A warning requires a list to check against. I just suggested on 
python-ideas the addition of a 'module' module, similar to the 'keyword' 
module, that would have the needed lists and functions. Support for the 
idea (on python-ideas list) is welcome.
-- 
Terry Jan Reedy