Why does __builtins__ mean different things...

[James Stroud]

Erik Max Francis wrote:
> James Stroud wrote:
> 
>> Thank you for your help. I will import the __builtin__ module as you 
>> have suggested--it is what I need.
>>
>> But....what the heck? You mean if I drop an s I get predictable 
>> behavior and if I don't, I get unpredictable behavior?
> 
> You don't get unpredictable behavior, you just get different behavior 
> you didn't expect, which is not the same thing.  Python is a programming 
> language, like any other; randomly dropping letters in names is going to 
> result in bad behavior, so be more careful about it.

Are you responding to some other thread? Its like you read every other 
word and then filled in the rest randomly...


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