[Tutor] __abs__() not acting as expected

[Ben Finney]

Dave Angel <davea at davea.name> writes:

> Ben is right,  dunder methods don't belong in introductory texts.
[…]

> But he didn't show you the simplest fix:
>
> (-3).__abs__()

I disagree; the simplest fix is not to call that method directly, and
just use::

    abs(-3)

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