[Python-Dev] cpython: Use cached builtins.

[Georg Brandl]

Am 02.10.2013 21:58, schrieb Victor Stinner:
> I don't remember where, but I remember that I also saw things like
> "str=str, len=len, ...". So you keep the same name, but you use fast
> local lookups instead of slow builtin lookups.

In this case they aren't even fast local lookups but (slightly)
faster module global lookups.  Not worth the effort IMO.

Georg