[New-bugs-announce] [issue37318] builtins.True exists but can't be accessed

[ChrisRands]

New submission from ChrisRands <chrisrands0 at gmail.com>:

On Python 3:

>>> import builtins
>>> 'True' in dir(builtins)
True
>>> builtins.True
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    builtins.True
                ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> 

So "True" is a keyword, I guess this explains the behaviour, but still seems odd to me?

Relevant SO question:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56633402/why-are-true-and-false-being-set-in-globals-by-this-code

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messages: 345863
nosy: ChrisRands
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: builtins.True exists but can't be accessed
type: behavior

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