[pypy-dev] New __builtin__

[holger krekel]

[Scott Fenton Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 07:24:06PM -0500]
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 01:17:31AM +0100, holger krekel wrote:
> > i tested your code with the Python-2.2.2 test_builtin.py
> > (found in Python-2.2.2/Lib/test, has some dependencies). 
> > 
> > 1) your code does not import cleanly (some typos here
> >    and there)
> > 
> > 2) the tests fail right at 'abs', the first builtin
> >    because you don't throw a TypeError if the argument
> >    is not a number.  
> > 
> > I take it that you didn't seriously intend your code 
> > to be used as is.  
> 
> <sarcasm>Them thar's fightin' words, pardner</sarcasm>
> 
> > 
> > Nevertheless, it would be nice to have a python 
> > implementation of the builtin module that passes 
> > its CPython's tests.  Also the docstrings should be
> > copied from Python-2.3.  This can be done automatically 
> > by writing a script and iterating over 
> > vars(__import__('__builtin__')) and using the inspect 
> > module.  I hopefully can do this soon and check it into
> > the upcoming repository.  Or somebody else does it before
> > me.  
> > 
> 
> Don't worry. I'll take care of it. I just wanted to get
> a rough sketch out first

great. sorry if my posting sounded to harsh. 

    holger