On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:08:14 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > >>>>> int="five" >>>>> [__builtins__.int(i) for i in ["1","2","3"]] > > Don't use __builtins__, it's an implementation detail. > > In Python 2.x, there is __builtins__ with an "s" in the global namespace > if you are running CPython, but not necessarily other implementations. > There is __builtin__ with no "s" which is defined by the language, but > you have to import it first. > > In Python 3.x, you just import builtins with an "s" and no underscores, > no matter what implementation you use.
Oh, sorry, my bad. I tend to just whip something up in IDLE and see if it works, rather than actually check the spec. Listen to Steven, he knows what he's about! ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
