On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 4:42 PM, James Stroud <jstr...@mbi.ucla.edu> wrote: > Steven Woody wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am a new leaner and I get a question: abs() is a member of >> __builtin__ module, but why should I use abs() rather than >> __builtin__.abs() ? Thanks. > > It saves typing. > > This might help your understanding: > > py> import __builtin__ > py> __builtin__.abs is abs > True >
Does that mean someone did 'import * from __builtin__' when python startup? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
