Why does __builtins__ mean different things...

[Erik Max Francis]

James Stroud wrote:

> Thank you for your help. I will import the __builtin__ module as you 
> have suggested--it is what I need.
> 
> But....what the heck? You mean if I drop an s I get predictable behavior 
> and if I don't, I get unpredictable behavior?

You don't get unpredictable behavior, you just get different behavior 
you didn't expect, which is not the same thing.  Python is a programming 
language, like any other; randomly dropping letters in names is going to 
result in bad behavior, so be more careful about it.

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