Re: Setting the value of True

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From	Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz>
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Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> As for why None, True and False are treated differently than built-ins, 
> if I remember the reason why, it is because they are considered 
> fundamental to the inner workings of Python, unlike mere builtins like 
> len, map, etc. and therefore should be protected.

It's probably more to permit optimisation. Treating them
as constants avoids a name lookup every time they're used.

-- 
Greg

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  Re: Setting the value of True Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-23 19:56 -0400
  Re: Setting the value of True Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-24 01:14 +0000
    Re: Setting the value of True Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2013-08-25 13:27 +1200

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