abusing __builtins__

[Rainer Deyke]

"Mike Fletcher" <mfletch at tpresence.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.983152087.5110.python-list at python.org...
> I've used this extensively in one (very large) in-house demo I created, I
> used builtins.APPLICATION to refer to a global application object.  Was
very
> simple and useful.  Yes, a hack, but I considered it a rather nice hack.
> Apparently this is another of those "you're wrong, Mike, just plain wrong"
> things :) .

For the record, I think this hack has its uses, especially in non-Python
programs that embed Python as a scripting language.  I don't use it myself,
though.


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