python namespace question

[Chris Rebert]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:03 PM, chad <cdalten at gmail.com> wrote:
> Given the following code...
>
> #!/usr/bin/python
>
> class cgraph:
>    def printme(self):
>        print "hello\n"
>
> x = cgraph()
> x.printme()
>
>
> Does the function print() exist in the cgraph namespace or the
> printme() one?

Neither. It exists in the built-ins namespace along with the rest of
the built-in functions like len(), zip(), hex(), etc. The built-ins is
the namespace of last resort; it's the last one to be consulted when
trying to resolve a name in Python. You can inspect it via
__builtins__

Also, in your example, print is being used as a statement (i.e. part
of the language syntax), not a function; note the odd lack of
parentheses when "calling" it. print was changed to a regular function
in Python 3.x.

Cheers,
Chris
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