What if you declare a variable with a default function name?

Question

I have figured that when you declare a variable with a default function's name, then you have 2 options if you want to use that function later:

1) delete the variable. After deleting the variable there is no need to define the function, as it is automatically restored;
2) define a new function that will do the same as the previous one. This way you can have both your variable and function

Example:

range = 7
print (6*range)
del range
num = range (1,5)
print (2*list(num)[0])

*Output:
42
2

P.S. this is based on trial and error. Please comment if you have anything to add or if you can suggest better alternatives.

Answer 1

It screws things up. Best to avoid this whenever you realize it.

Another tip, don't name your .py files with module names.. for instance if you have a file called random.py and you try to import random, it will import your random.py instead of the random module