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

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Wed Nov 28 18:00:07 CET 2007


Paul Moore schrieb:
> On 28/11/2007, Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
>> Christian Heimes schrieb:
>> > What name do you prefer? I'm +1 with Raymond on __root__ but I'm still
>> > open for better suggestions.
>>
>> FWIW, +1 for __root__ too.
> 
> What about __global__? If that's not an option, I'm OK with __root__.

"global" is already taken for the global namespace, which is module-local. ;)

Georg



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