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Title: Update documentation for __builtins__
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Components: Documentation Versions:
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Status: closed Resolution: accepted
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Assigned To: fdrake Nosy List: collinwinter, fdrake (2)
Priority: normal Keywords patch

Created on 2005-09-24 23:06 by collinwinter, last changed 2006-06-10 20:04 by fdrake.

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ref4.tex.patch collinwinter, 2005-09-24 23:06 Diff against dist/src/Doc/ref/ref4.tex version 1.38
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msg48793 - (view) Author: Collin Winter (collinwinter) Date: 2005-09-24 23:06 
If applied, this patch would explicitly tell users that
they should be using __builtin__ to override built-in
functions, rather than __builtins__. The patch would
also add documentation clairifying that __builtins__ is
a module when in __main__ and a dictionary anywhere else.

This diff was made against dist/src/Doc/ref/ref4.tex,
version 1.38 from CVS.
msg48794 - (view) Author: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake) Date: 2006-06-10 20:04 
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Interestingly, your patch gets the sense which object is
bound to __builtins__ in what context reversed.

I've modified the patch a bit to correct that and make the
warning about direct use of __builtins__ visually stronger
(at  least in the HTML format).

Committed to the trunk as revision 46826, and to the Python
2.4.x maintenance branch as revision 46828.
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