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Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers

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Date Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:33:31 +1000
Subject Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers
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On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> wrote:
> Magic. :-)
>
>>>> int = "five"
>>>> int("a")
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> TypeError: 'str' object is not callable
>>>> from __builtin__ import int as _int
>>>> _int("5")
> 5
>
> Not sure of the magic necessary in Python 3.  This is definitely
> something you don't want to make a habit of...

Same thing works but with a different name:

from builtins import int as _int

ChrisA

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"Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-10 20:14 -0400
  Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 19:36 -0700
    Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-11 03:02 +0000
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 20:30 -0700
        Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-11 05:52 +0000
        Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-11 17:20 +1000
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-11 13:57 +1000
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        Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-13 01:01 +0000
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 10:08 +1000
        Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-13 01:08 +0000
          Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 11:30 +1000
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-06-12 19:18 -0500
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-13 10:33 +1000
      Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-06-12 17:30 -0700
  Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-11 02:56 +0000
    Re: "Don't rebind built-in names*" - it confuses readers Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-11 02:06 -0400
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