On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 6:35 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > 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? > > > > Because they are built-in. That means they live inside the Python > compiler/interpreter itself.
Blargh, lots of things are built in. The sys module is a built-in module, but you don't get access to it by default. It's because they're specially-chosen to be in the "builtin namespace". This is the namespace of things that are always accessible. This is different from being built into the interpreter -- hypothetically we could have something in the builtin namespace that is not part of Python itself. (You can do this by adding things to the builtin namespace by hand). -- Devin _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
