Christopher Yeh <chrisye...@gmail.com> added the comment:
Here's the output from my terminal comparing the `math` standard library module (not always built-in) against the `sys` standard library module (always built-in). On Windows 10 x64, WSL 1, Ubuntu 18.04.02 LTS, Python 3.7.7 installed via conda: math is not a built-in module. $ python Python 3.7.7 (default, Mar 26 2020, 15:48:22) [GCC 7.3.0] :: Anaconda, Inc. on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import math >>> print(math) <module 'math' from '/home/chris/miniconda3/envs/py37/lib/python3.7/lib-dynload/math.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so'> >>> print(type(math)) <class 'module'> >>> import sys >>> print(sys) <module 'sys' (built-in)> >>> print(type(sys)) <class 'module'> On Windows 10 x64, Python installed directly from Python.org: math is a built-in module. C:\>python Python 3.7.3 (v3.7.3:ef4ec6ed12, Mar 25 2019, 22:22:05) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import math >>> print(math) <module 'math' (built-in)> >>> print(type(math)) <class 'module'> >>> import sys >>> print(sys) <module 'sys' (built-in)> >>> print(type(sys)) <class 'module'> ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue40970> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
