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From: Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Newbie: question regarding references and class relationships
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On 2013-06-10, Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:

> Another principle similar to 'Don't add extraneous code' is 'Don't 
> rebind builtins'.

OK, we've all done it by accident (especially when starting out), but
are there people that rebind builtins intentionally?

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