On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:54 AM, spir <denis.s...@free.fr> wrote: > Le Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:05:04 -0400, > Kent Johnson <ken...@tds.net> s'exprima ainsi: >> There is some discussion here: >> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2007-March/006161.html >> >> Short answer: __builtins__ is an implementation detail that you should >> ignore. >> >> Kent >> > > Right, thank you, Kent. > The issue here is I cannot ignore __buitins__ (or __builtin__). Or maybe I > don't understand your answer properly. > > Yop, sorry, I get it now. It's the same dict in both cases -- except > __buitins__ is expanded in the second case... Not obvious! (Is that what you > mean?)
What are you trying to do? Why can't you ignore __builtins__? In your first example __builtins__ is a reference to a module. In the second example it is the module's __dict__. The email thread I linked to indicates that this is most likely a historical accident or oversight. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
