[Python-Dev] [poll] New name for __builtins__

[Neil Toronto]

Fred Drake wrote:
> On Nov 30, 2007, at 6:05 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>> It's almost as if nobody has seen my proposal to leave __builtins__
>> alone and rename the __builtin__ module instead.
> 
> 
> I suspect that's indistinguishable from everyone being tired of the  
> discussion, knowing that you're going to pick something reasonable in  
> spite of our yammering.
> 
> +1 for a module named "builtin", or something similarly obscure.

Would it be too confusing to call it "builtins"?

Neil