[Python-Dev] Patch review: [ 1009811 ] Add missing types to__builtin__

[Jeff Rush]

On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 17:24, "Martin v. Löwis" wrote:
> Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> > Other than a vague feeling of completeness is there any reason this
> > needs to be done?  Is there anything useful that currently cannot be
> > expressed without this new module?  
> 
> That I wonder myself, too.

One reason is correct documentation.  If the code is rejected, there
should be a patch proposed to remove the erroneous documentation
references that indicates things are in __builtins_ when they are in
fact not.

If they are put into __builtins__, the documentation won't need
updating. ;-)

-Jeff Rush