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Names and tokens

 Allowed characters: a-z A-Z 0- 9, underscore, and must begin with a letter or underscore.
 Names and identifiers are case sensitive.
 Identifiers can be of unlimited length.
 Special names, customizing, etc. Usually begin and end in double underscores.
 Special name classes Single and double underscores.
o Single leading single underscore--Suggests a "private" method or variable name.
Not imported by "from module import *".
o Single trailing underscore-- Use it to avoid conflicts with Python keywords.
o Double leading underscores-- Used in a class definition to cause name mangling
(weak hiding). But, not often used.
 Naming conventions Not rigid, but:
o Modules and packages all lower case.
o Global and constants Upper case.
o Classes Bumpy caps with initial upper.
o Methods and functions All lower case with words separated by underscores.
o Local variables Lower case (with underscore between words) or bumpy caps with
initial lower or your choice.
o Good advice Follow the conventions used in the code on which you are working.
 Names/variables in Python do not have a type. Values have types.

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