Name shadowing is not unique to python, it exists in every language with semantics allowing to access ancestor scope without fully qualifying the name. A lot of

Name shadowing is not unique to python, it exists in every language with semantics allowing to access ancestor scope without fully qualifying the name. A lot of us have been bitten in C++ style languages where introduction of method-local identifier shadows object-local identifier not prefixed with `this`. Python name shadowing is a side of the same coin. I have limited experience with python so take my words with a grain of salt. A working strategy is to go sort of Java style and have local modules/packages/scripts in their own directory beside main script. This way any shadowing you do becomes explicit in code