[Python-3000] __builtin__ and __builtins__

[Greg Ewing]

Ka-Ping Yee wrote:

> We have "import as", though.  If you want to import the default
> builtins without using them as the builtins, you can say
> 
>     import __builtin__ as default_builtin

Seems to me it would be better to rename the module
to a non-double-underscore name. There's really nothing
magical about the module itself, only the name used
by global variable lookups. So just call the module
'builtins', and then you can do

    import builtins   # get the module with no magic happening

    import mystuff as __builtins__ # change my builtin namespace

    import builtins as __builtins__  # restore default builtin namespace

--
Greg