'__builtin__' vs. __builtins__

[Aahz]

In article <Pine.GSO.4.33.0206171543060.8570-100000 at techst02.technion.ac.il>,
Beni Cherniavksy  <cben at tx.technion.ac.il> wrote:
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>Why is the '__builtin__' module available under the __builtins__ name?
>By what's the logic one is supposed to remember it?  (If I do remember
>that it's different I would still confuse which is what...)

My paraphrase of what Tim Peters said the last time this came up:

    Main reason is to avoid getting flooded with output when calling
    ``vars()`` in interactive mode.

(From my upcoming OSCON tutorial.)
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