Question

Is using the word function for the name of an argument considered bad style in Python code?

def conjunction_junction(function):
    pass # do something and call function in here

This pattern occurs all the time, especially in decorators. You see func, fn and f used all of the time but I prefer to avoid abbreviations when possible. Is the fact that it’s the name of a type enough to warrant abbreviating it?

>> type(conjunction_junction).__name__
'function'

Answer 1

It’s not a reserved keyword, so I don’t see why not.

From the Style Guide

If a function argument’s name clashes with a reserved keyword, it is
generally better to append a single trailing underscore rather than
use an abbreviation or spelling corruption. Thus class_ is better than
clss. (Perhaps better is to avoid such clashes by using a synonym.)