Is it possible to escape a reserved word in Python?

Question

It may not be a good idea to name a variable after a reserved word, but I am curious:

Is there any escape syntax in Python to allow you to use a reserved word as the

Answer 1

No, this is not possible.

Section 2.3.1 of The Python Language Reference says that keywords 'cannot be used as ordinary identifiers' and does not specify an escape syntax.

This is probably a Good Thing, for the sake of code readability!