[Python-3000] __builtin__ and __builtins__

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Mar 12, 2007, at 6:12 PM, Greg Ewing wrote:

> Seems to me it would be better to rename the module
> to a non-double-underscore name. There's really nothing
> magical about the module itself, only the name used
> by global variable lookups. So just call the module
> 'builtins', and then you can do
>
>     import builtins   # get the module with no magic happening
>
>     import mystuff as __builtins__ # change my builtin namespace
>
>     import builtins as __builtins__  # restore default builtin  
> namespace

+1

- -Barry

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