[Python-Dev] Classes that claim to be defined in __builtin__ but aren't

[Jim Fulton]

Nick Bastin wrote:
> 
> On Aug 9, 2004, at 6:16 PM, Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
>> James Y Knight wrote:
>>
>>> IMO classes ought to actually appear in __builtin__ if they claim 
>>> they are defined there. Doing otherwise breaks reflection, as you 
>>> have to add a special case for these class names to use the 
>>> appropriate object from the types module instead.  Thoughts?
>>
>>
>> I agree.
> 
> 
> I think this should stand for functions as well.  help() is a good 
> example.  It's a bit confusing for newbies that help.__module__ is 
> 'site', but 'site' isn't in their local namespace.

Yup.

Jim


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