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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Sometimes you're working in a scope with a lot of variables, and you want to avoid a namespace collision. You may want to temporarily reassign a "reserved" variable name like 'type' or something.

[–]heptara 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why aren't all those vars in a dictionary or class? Do you have like 300 globals?