list of all type names

BJörn Lindqvist bjourne at gmail.com
Tue Mar 1 07:56:41 EST 2005


> Python has one feature that I really hate: There are certain special
> names like 'file' and 'dict' with a predefined meaning. Yet, it is
> allowed to redefine these special names as in
>
> dict = [1:'bla']

dir(__builtins__)

Yes, rebinding builtin names accidentally is an annoying and I think
everyone has made that mistake at least once. Maybe PyChecker can
issue a warning?

--
mvh Björn



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