[issue8370] change module "builtins" to "__builtin__" in __import__ documentation

Éric Araujo report at bugs.python.org
Sun Apr 11 17:38:59 CEST 2010


Éric Araujo <merwok at netwok.org> added the comment:

> (perhaps also with a note explaining that the module replaces __builtin__)
People used to 2.x will know about the name change; people new to Python with 3.x (the happy ones!) will not this this information, except perhaps to understand outdated docs or snippets. Hm. A short note would be helpful, I agree.


> I actually wasn't able to confirm when "builtins" was introduced by
> searching Google and What's New,
http://docs.python.org/py3k/whatsnew/3.0.html#library-changes

Regards

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