Why isn't 'list' a reserved word in Python?

Question

I just got bit by a bug that would have been prevented if list were a reserved word in Python. (Dumbery on my part, to be sure.)

So why isn\'t list (or

Answer 1

Have a look at this: http://docs.python.org/2/reference/lexical_analysis.html#keywords

list is simply a type and is not reserved (neither is int, float, dict, str... you get the point).