On Monday, November 14, 2016 at 10:49:56 PM UTC-8, Ralf Stephan wrote: > > > so it seems the Python abs can be overridden. >
Yes, abs is not a keyword. It's just a name that's by default bound to __builtin__.abs . However, given that python's "abs" gives access to a protocol that allows custom behaviour, there is no need to override "abs". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.