On 12/05/2015 16:43, Chris Angelico wrote:
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
Do we really have to feed this guy, he's worse than the RUE?
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