Proposed PEP: Treating Builtins as Constants in the Standard Library

[Robert Brewer]

Raymond Hettinger wrote a new PEP proposal:
> For each module in the standard library, add a pair of lines near
> the near of the code::

I think you meant, "near the end of the code". ;)

> Q. Why not make this a public module so that users can 
> optimize builtins
>    or builtins and globals in their own code?
> 
> A. The ASPN recipe [2]_ is provided for this purpose.  It 
> takes a modicum
>    of skill to use correctly and not inadvertently tranform a 
> non-constant.

HmmmmMmmmm..yeah... but then so does your garden-variety "while True:"
loop. I for one would hate reusing the ASPN one when there's one not
only already written but already loaded(!). And...as the builtin
matures, I doubt the cookbook recipe will keep pace.

Meh. I'm going to have to think more about that one.


Robert Brewer
MIS
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