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Op 11-05-15 om 14:34 schreef Steven D'Aprano:

> On Mon, 11 May 2015 09:39 pm, Antoon Pardon wrote:
>
>> There is no
>> a priori reason why we should turn "True" into a keyword and allow
>> "int" in the builtins.
> Why should there be an *a priori* reason?

I don't say there should be an *a priori* reason, but one implies or
at least strongly suggests an *a priori* reason when one comes with
such general rule as /We are all adults, so we allow this kind of thing./

"We allow buitins to be overridden", doesn't sound as a very accurate
description of the underlining reason, when you know that things have
been removed from builtins and made a keyword in order to prevent them
from being overridden.