anomaly

[Mark Lawrence]

On 12/05/2015 16:43, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 1:34 AM, zipher <dreamingforward at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 8:56:32 AM UTC-5, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>> * when it comes to built-in functions (e.g. sum, map, pow)
>>>    and types (e.g. int, str, list) there are significant and
>>>    important use-cases for allowing shadowing;
>>
>> Name one "significant and important" use case for shadowing built-in types.  Functions, I don't have a problem with, but types are more fundamental than functions.
>>
>
> Please tell me what, precisely, is the difference between a type and a
> function. Once you've settled that, please explain to me what the
> built-in name 'int' is in all versions of Python.
>
> ChrisA
>

Do we really have to feed this guy, he's worse than the RUE?

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Mark Lawrence