Subclassing the min() build-in function?

[Eddie Corns]

"Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik at pythonware.com> writes:

>Eddie Corns wrote:

>> The last example shows that you might want to check whether 'a' is a
>> sequence if that's ever likely to happen.  Using __builtins__.min is easier
>> than making a local copy of the standard min which could have been done by:


>never use __builtins__ -- it's an implementation detail.
>to make sure you get the right builtins, import __builtin__ (no plural s) and
>access the functions via that module.

Yes indeed, I got a bit mixed-up when reading the description.