[Python-Dev] [poll] New name for builtins (original) (raw)
Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Thu Nov 29 12:15:12 CET 2007
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Given that the effect of builtins is to make the contents of the builtin module implicitly available in every module's global namespace, why not call it implicit?
I really don't like all of these root inspired names, because builtin isn't the root of any Python hierarchy that I know of.
import sys import builtin builtin.sys Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'sys'
The builtin namespace doesn't know anything about other modules, the current module's global namespace, the current function's local variables, or much of anything really. To me, the concept of "root" in a computing sense implies a node from which you can reach every other node
- from the root of the filesystem you can get to every other directory, as the root user you can access any other account, etc. To those that like these names, what do you consider root to be the root of?
Cheers, Nick.
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