Python 2.2.2 (#37, Nov 26 2002, 10:24:37) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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>>> dir()
['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__name__', 'shell']
>>> globals()['None']
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<input>", line 1, in ?
KeyError: None
>>> print None
None
>>> print eval('None')
None
>>> globals()['None']='wassabi'
>>> print None
wassabi
>>> print eval('None')
wassabi
>>> dir()
['None', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__name__', 'shell']
>>>I think you are seeing two things and I admit I was confused a bit too. None is becoming a constant and this is the first step. That is why you see diffrent results than mine. Also notyice that None didn't exist in your lnamespace till you defined it then you see all your trouble start.Shadowing builtins and semi-constants are a bad thing M.E.Farmer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
