On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 1:34 AM, zipher <dreamingforw...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 8:56:32 AM UTC-5, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> * when it comes to built-in functions (e.g. sum, map, pow) >> and types (e.g. int, str, list) there are significant and >> important use-cases for allowing shadowing; > > Name one "significant and important" use case for shadowing built-in types. > Functions, I don't have a problem with, but types are more fundamental than > functions. >
Please tell me what, precisely, is the difference between a type and a function. Once you've settled that, please explain to me what the built-in name 'int' is in all versions of Python. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
