Re: problems with Methods in Python 3.4.2

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From	John Gordon <gordon@panix.com>
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Subject	Re: problems with Methods in Python 3.4.2
Date	Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:45:03 +0000 (UTC)
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In <mailman.17037.1418923700.18130.python-list@python.org> =?iso-8859-1?Q?Marcus_L=FCtolf?= <marcus.luetolf@bluewin.ch> writes:

> >>> dir(_builtins_)
> >>> 'TTA',_add_('GGA')
> >>>abs._doc_()

These errors are due to using single underscores instead of double
underscores.  I.e. use __builtins__ instead of _builtins_.

> >>> -3  .abs()
> AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'abs'

Integer objects don't have a built-in function named abs().  If you
want the absolute value of an integer, call abs directly, like so:

abs(-3)

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problems with Methods in Python 3.4.2 Marcus Lütolf <marcus.luetolf@bluewin.ch> - 2014-12-18 18:27 +0100
  Re: problems with Methods in Python 3.4.2 André Roberge <andre.roberge@gmail.com> - 2014-12-18 09:44 -0800
  Re: problems with Methods in Python 3.4.2 John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2014-12-18 18:45 +0000

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