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From: Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 14:52:10 -0500
Subject: Recover handle to shadowed builtin?
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I'm working with ipython's pylab mode, which replaces the builtin sum() =
with the one from numpy:

In [105]:
sum

Out[105]:
<function numpy.core.fromnumeric.sum>

Is there any way to recover a reference to the builtin sum()?


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