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Author	ChrisRands
Recipients	ChrisRands
Date	2019-06-17.15:17:02
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Message-id	<1560784622.94.0.240402132833.issue37318@roundup.psfhosted.org>
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On Python 3: >>> import builtins >>> 'True' in dir(builtins) True >>> builtins.True File "<stdin>", line 1 builtins.True ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>> So "True" is a keyword, I guess this explains the behaviour, but still seems odd to me? Relevant SO question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56633402/why-are-true-and-false-being-set-in-globals-by-this-code

On Python 3:

>>> import builtins
>>> 'True' in dir(builtins)
True
>>> builtins.True
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    builtins.True
                ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> 

So "True" is a keyword, I guess this explains the behaviour, but still seems odd to me?

Relevant SO question:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56633402/why-are-true-and-false-being-set-in-globals-by-this-code

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