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Feature Request : Update the list of reserved words in AIP 140 #1352

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@parthea

From https://google.aip.dev/140#reserved-words,

Field names should avoid using names that are likely to conflict with keywords in common programming languages, such as new, class, function, import, etc. Reserved keywords can cause hardship for developers using the API in that language.

The reserved words list exists here

var reservedWordsSet = stringset.New(
"abstract", // Java, JavaScript
"and", // Python
"arguments", // JavaScript
"as", // Python
"assert", // Java, Python
"async", // Python
"await", // JavaScript, Python
"boolean", // Java, JavaScript
"break", // Java, JavaScript, Python
"byte", // Java, JavaScript
"case", // Java, JavaScript
"catch", // Java, JavaScript
"char", // Java, JavaScript
"class", // Java, JavaScript, Python
"const", // Java, JavaScript
"continue", // Java, JavaScript, Python
"debugger", // JavaScript
"def", // Python
"default", // Java, JavaScript
"del", // Python
"delete", // JavaScript
"do", // Java, JavaScript
"double", // Java, JavaScript
"elif", // Python
"else", // Java, JavaScript, Python
"enum", // Java, JavaScript
"eval", // JavaScript
"except", // Python
"export", // JavaScript
"extends", // Java, JavaScript
"false", // JavaScript
"final", // Java, JavaScript
"finally", // Java, JavaScript, Python
"float", // Java, JavaScript
"for", // Java, JavaScript, Python
"from", // Python
"function", // JavaScript
"global", // Python
"goto", // Java, JavaScript
"if", // Java, JavaScript, Python
"implements", // Java, JavaScript
"import", // Java, JavaScript, Python
"in", // JavaScript, JavaScript, Python
"instanceof", // Java, JavaScript
"int", // Java, JavaScript
"interface", // Java, JavaScript
"is", // Python
"lambda", // Python
"let", // JavaScript
"long", // Java, JavaScript
"native", // Java, JavaScript
"new", // Java, JavaScript
"nonlocal", // Python
"not", // Python
"null", // JavaScript
"or", // Python
"package", // Java, JavaScript
"pass", // Python
"private", // Java, JavaScript
"protected", // Java, JavaScript
"public", // Java, JavaScript
"raise", // Python
"return", // Java, JavaScript, Python
"short", // Java, JavaScript
"static", // Java, JavaScript
"strictfp", // Java
"super", // Java, JavaScript
"switch", // Java, JavaScript
"synchronized", // Java, JavaScript
"this", // Java, JavaScript
"throw", // Java, JavaScript
"throws", // Java, JavaScript
"transient", // Java, JavaScript
"true", // JavaScript
"try", // Java, JavaScript, Python
"typeof", // JavaScript
"var", // JavaScript
"void", // Java, JavaScript
"volatile", // Java, JavaScript
"while", // Java, JavaScript, Python
"with", // JavaScript, Python
"yield", // JavaScript, Python

However some reserved words, for example type, are missing from the list.

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