On 04/02/2012 05:37, Michael Lewis wrote:
Why don't I have to import str or list to access their attributes like I
do with the math or random or any other library?

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They're built in to Python so...

PythonWin 2.7.1 (r271:86832, Nov 27 2010, 18:30:46) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32. Portions Copyright 1994-2008 Mark Hammond - see 'Help/About PythonWin' for further copyright information.
>>> dir()
['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__name__', '__package__', 'pywin']
>>> help(__builtins__)
Help on built-in module __builtin__:

NAME
    __builtin__ - Built-in functions, exceptions, and other objects.

FILE
    (built-in)

DESCRIPTION
Noteworthy: None is the `nil' object; Ellipsis represents `...' in slices.

CLASSES
    object
        basestring
            str
            str
            unicode
        buffer
etc.

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Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.

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