On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohn...@gmail.com> wrote: > from builtins import print, len, repr > from builtins import * # This is not recommended! > > This would serve two purposes (1) the reader would know which builtins where > being used in this module (2) the names would be bound properly to the module > namespace. But this does not answer your question, merely a side note > > So your assertion is wrong. Built-ins /would/ be available at the module > level with no qualification just as they are now. But they would also be > available in /every/ namespace because how else would we use them Chris?
So what you're saying is that builtins are available without qualification inside a function, but other names imported into the module namespace aren't? MAGIC. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list