Arguments and attributes with the same name

[Ary Borenszweig]

bearophile wrote:
> Ary Borenszweig:
>> So you suggest to forbid having an argument name that 
>> matches an attribute name? Or require this. for attribute access?
> 
> I prefer the compiler to give an error when an argument has the same name of an attribute, it's tidier.

But python doesn't do it either. Did you suggest the same thing to the 
python devs? :-)

> 
> If you think that solution is too much restricting, there's a second solution: in only those case, where there can be ambiguity for the eyes of a programmer the compiler can require the use of "this.".
> 
> Bye,
> bearophile