[Python-Dev] PEP 329: Treating Builtins as Constants in the Standard Library

[Skip Montanaro]

Phillip wrote:

    > I'm not sure I understand the reasoning for implementing this via a
    > bytecode hack, rather than in the compiler or loading mechanisms.  

This sort of stuff is a lot easier to experiment with in Python.  If it
stabilizes and you figure out a way to decide whether to transform functions
automatically then sure, it belongs in the compiler or an optimizer of some
sort.

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