[Python-Dev] Initialization of builtins (original) (raw)

Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Sat Oct 10 21:38:32 CEST 2009


2009/10/10 Vinay Sajip <vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk>:

Excuse my ignorance, but how come?

Because builtins is a module in main and a dict in other places. You should always check builtin; builtins is an implementation detail.

-- Regards, Benjamin



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