Zitat von Chris Withers <ch...@simplistix.co.uk>:
On 14/11/2012 21:40, Greg Ewing wrote:* If the compiler were allowed to recognise builtins, it could turn dict(a = 1, b = 2) into {'a':1, 'b':2} automatically.That would be my naive suggestion, I am prepared to be shot down in flames ;-)
In general, special-casing builtins in the compiler is not possible in Python. You cannot know statically that 'dict' really refers to the builtin. Something may shadow the name at run-time, making dict refer to some other callable. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ 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
