[Python-Dev] Classes that claim to be defined in builtin but aren't (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Tue Aug 10 15:55:19 CEST 2004

James Y Knight <foom at fuhm.net> writes:

There's a fair number of classes that claim they are defined in builtin, but do not actually appear there. For example:

"builtin" is the "I don't know" answer in type_module for non-HEAPTYPEs. I'm certainly not sure that's totally wise...

IMO classes ought to actually appear in builtin if they claim they are defined there. Doing otherwise breaks reflection, as you have to add a special case for these class names to use the appropriate object from the types module instead. Thoughts? If it isn't desirable to have these names appear in builtin, perhaps their 'module' should be changed to another module where they are defined?

Such as? There really isn't a module where e.g. GeneratorType is defined.

Cheers, mwh

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