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On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:34 AM, zipher <dreamingforward@gmail.com> wrote:
>> * when it comes to built-in functions (e.g. sum, map, pow)
>>   and types (e.g. int, str, list) there are significant and
>>   important use-cases for allowing shadowing;
>
> Name one "significant and important" use case for shadowing built-in types.  Functions, I don't have a problem with, but types are more fundamental than functions.

try:
    str = unicode  # Use the Python 3 name.
except NameError:
    pass

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