Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Marko Rauhamaa Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: anomaly Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 14:58:24 +0300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: <87fv73iavz.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> References: <554F9525.5040101@digipen.edu> <5550815E.5080600@rece.vub.ac.be> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="b7cb1518d23ec19d482dcc9c31d30fdd"; logging-data="2371"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+PheV1Cf8jcd0p4PLd38Tm" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:b7xWcD9+ujGpnOgyyoVhNWmlDHU= sha1:bDbsuSdp0n92lSUyeaxEvRmjmRA= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:90367 Antoon Pardon : > Which is exactly the point! They were turned into keywords because the > developers didn't want to allow them being overridden. There is no a > priori reason why we should turn "True" into a keyword and allow "int" > in the builtins. > > We are only allowed to be adults, for as far as the developers let us. > They allow us to be adults with regards to "int" but they don't allow > us to be adults with regards to "True". > > Defending "int" being overridable by declating "We're all adults" is > being selective. I'm still failing to see the point. What problem are you having a difficulty solving? Marko