Sub: Python-3: Better Avoid Naming A Variable As list ?

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tuple, list, set, dict, ... are builtin types. Their name can be overwritten.
The name is only a reference to an object. A object can have more than one reference.
The assignment to a name, in this case with a dict or a list, let point the name to the new created object.
The old reference to dict and list is no longer there.

To demonstrate this with code:

print(dict)
print(list)

dict = { 'Geeks': 10, 'for': 12, 'Geek': 31 }  
list = []


print(dict)
print(list)

# deleting the names
del dict
del list
# now magically the old types come back
print(dict)
print(list)


# demonstrating syntax highlighting 
value = 42
print(value)
# value is black
# dict and tuple not, because they are built-ins

PS: If you use an IDE or Editor with syntax highlighting, you'll be warned by colors, that you're using a built-in name.
If you look here, you see that dict and list have another color.