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

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Tue Aug 17 03:11:34 CEST 2004

The real question seems to be whether builtin should contain all built-in types, including internal ones, or only those intended for public use. Do you have an opinion about that, Guido?

I suppose it's reasonable to put them all in builtin, since as you say, they can be useful for type checking even if you can't or rarely want to instantiate them yourself.

That's where I stand, at about +0.5. I don't think it's super important that all builtins be particularly well-known or useful -- it's easy enough to have a section in the documentation for "lesser-known builtins".

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)

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