On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:47 AM, Steven Woody <narkewo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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?
In a sense, yes. The interpreter effectively automatically does such an import. Cheers, Chris -- Follow the path of the Iguana... http://rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
