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Antoon Pardon antoon.pardon at rece.vub.ac.be
Tue May 12 07:55:44 EDT 2015


Op 11-05-15 om 16:13 schreef Chris Angelico:

> Why does Python have most built-ins as simply looked-up names that can
> be overridden? Because otherwise, there would be a veritable ton of
> keywords:

But that doesn't answer the question why the developers chose "True" to be a
keyword and "int" to be a looked-up name.

and pretending to justify that choice by stating that the python thought
is: We're all adults here, if you want to override a builtin, who are we
to stop you. That is disingenuous.




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