On 3/12/07, Greg Ewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ka-Ping Yee wrote: > > > We have "import as", though. If you want to import the default > > builtins without using them as the builtins, you can say > > > > import __builtin__ as default_builtin > > Seems to me it would be better to rename the module > to a non-double-underscore name. There's really nothing > magical about the module itself, only the name used > by global variable lookups.
Not true; modifying the module affects every other module (except those that have imported some alternative). This is why I renamed it to __builtin__ sometime in the dark ages (way before introducing __builtins__). I strongly disagree that it's "just" a regular module. > So just call the module 'builtins', and then you can do > > import builtins # get the module with no magic happening > > import mystuff as __builtins__ # change my builtin namespace > > import builtins as __builtins__ # restore default builtin namespace I'm still +1 on Ping's original proposal #3. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
