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 % When adding keywords, use reswords.py for reformatting
 
+Note that although the identifier \code{as} can be used as part of the
+syntax of \keyword{import} statements, it is not currently a reserved
+word.
+
+In some future version of Python, the identifiers \code{as} and
+\code{None} will both become keywords.
+
 
 \subsection{Reserved classes of identifiers\label{id-classes}}