Christopher Yeh <chrisye...@gmail.com> added the comment:
I understand the two uses of the phrase "built-in": 1) to refer to things included with the Python interpreter (e.g. modules in sys.builtin_module_names, and built-in functions like len() and ord()) 2) to refer to things included with Python that are written in C However, I find it fairly difficult to distinguish between the two uses in the context presented: > A built-in function object is a wrapper around a C function. Examples of > built-in functions are `len` and `math.sin` (`math` is a standard built-in > module). Within the Python Language Reference (docs.python.org/3/reference), this is actually the only case where definition (2) applies, as far as I can tell: https://www.google.com/search?q="built-in+module"+site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fdocs.python.org%2F3%2Freference%2F Also, I am not sure that the parenthetical about `math` being a module written in C adds any additional clarity. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue40970> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
