Disabling the magic "last expression" _ variable

[Ben Finney]

Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> writes:

> >>> import sys
> >>> def displayhook(result):
> ...     if result is not None:
> ...             __builtins__._last = result
> ...             print result
> ...

Better is to explicitly import the name '__builtin__'
<URL:http://www.python.org/doc/lib/module-builtin>. The name
'__builtins__' is an implementation detail not guaranteed to be
present in any particular implementation.

    import __builtin__
    import sys
    def displayhook(result):
        if result is not None:
            __builtin__._last = result
            print result

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Ben Finney