jim stockford wrote: > from > http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html > some functions are always available--the built-in functions. > > (from elsewhere) everything in python is an object. > > -------------------- > > hey, from abs() to zip() there's type() and super() and str() > and setattr() and ... dir() and... they're the built-ins > > my question: what.abs() what.zip() etc.? > > I think there must be a base object, a la java or Nextstep, > that supports these functions. what is it? > > maybe it's not practical, but it's driving me nuts anyway. > thanks in advance.
They are attributes of the __builtins__ module which is searched as the last element of the name search path (local scope, nested scope(s), global (module) scope, __builtins__). In [3]: __builtins__ Out[3]: <module '__builtin__' ( In [4]: dir(__builtins__) Out[4]: ['ArithmeticError', 'AssertionError', ... 'ZeroDivisionError', ... '__debug__', '__doc__', '__import__', '__name__', '_ip', 'abs', 'all', 'any', 'apply', 'basestring', 'bool', ... 'zip'] Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
