The "builtins" module referenced in the Python 2.6 __import__ documentation does not seem to exist in Python 2.6:

http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html#__import__

These should probably be changed to __builtin__:

http://docs.python.org/library/__builtin__.html

You’re right. This module name has been fixed in the 3.x branch (it used a magic name without reason); when importlib was backported from 3.1 to 2.6, this change must have been overlooked.

Are you willing to produce a patch?

Regards

Replaced "builtins" with "__builtin__".  Also inserted a missing "the".

Thanks for the info and quick response.  Then this should probably also be applied to trunk (Python 2.7).

Would it make sense to put a "New in version 3.1" at the top of this page:

http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/builtins.html

(perhaps also with a note explaining that the module replaces __builtin__).  I actually wasn't able to confirm when "builtins" was introduced by searching Google and What's New, etc.  That's why I appreciated Eric's note.

> (perhaps also with a note explaining that the module replaces __builtin__)
People used to 2.x will know about the name change; people new to Python with 3.x (the happy ones!) will not this this information, except perhaps to understand outdated docs or snippets. Hm. A short note would be helpful, I agree.


> I actually wasn't able to confirm when "builtins" was introduced by
> searching Google and What's New,
http://docs.python.org/py3k/whatsnew/3.0.html#library-changes

Regards

Your first patch seems good to me; wait for a core developer’s answer before taking time to add notes about renamed modules everywhere.

Cheers

Thanks, fixed in r80082.  The builtins rename happened in 3.0; there are no "version added" or "version changed" marks for 3.0 in the docs, since we regard it as a "clean start".