I just want to let you all know that the name issue was settled and committed to py3k branch a few days ago. It was chosen to simply rename the module __builtin__ to builtins.
-- Alexandre On Nov 29, 2007 6:15 AM, Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > 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? > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
