[Python-Dev] towards a faster Python

[Just van Rossum]

Guido van Rossum wrote:

> IOW:
> 
>   # module foo
>   def open(): return ...
> 
> is fine, but
> 
>   import foo
>   foo.open = 42
> 
> is not.

How about this:

  # module foo
  def open(): ...
  
  # module bar
  import foo
  foo.open = 42

?

(I would assume it to be ok, since the builtin name was already
shadowed.)

Just