documentation: what is "::="?

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <gd1ga6$4q9$01$1 at news.t-online.com>, Peter Otten wrote:

> ... you have probably executed
> 
> from locale import *
> 
> This has imported the locale.str() function that now shadows the builtin
> str().

One of many reasons not to use wildcard imports. :)