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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2010-02-06 18:46:57 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2010-02-06 18:46:57 (GMT) |
| commit | c4a55fccaba4936458c32f5f3b3913fcf2848b42 (patch) | |
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r78024 | georg.brandl | 2010-02-06 19:44:44 +0100 (Sa, 06 Feb 2010) | 1 line
#5341: fix "builtin" where used as an adjective ("built-in" is correct).
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diff --git a/Doc/howto/doanddont.rst b/Doc/howto/doanddont.rst index 989ae9f..a9302ed 100644 --- a/Doc/howto/doanddont.rst +++ b/Doc/howto/doanddont.rst @@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ One of the most awful question asked on the newsgroup is why this code:: f.read() does not work. Of course, it works just fine (assuming you have a file called -"www".) But it does not work if somewhere in the module, the statement ``from os -import *`` is present. The :mod:`os` module has a function called :func:`open` -which returns an integer. While it is very useful, shadowing builtins is one of -its least useful properties. +"www".) But it does not work if somewhere in the module, the statement ``from +os import *`` is present. The :mod:`os` module has a function called +:func:`open` which returns an integer. While it is very useful, shadowing a +builtin is one of its least useful properties. Remember, you can never know for sure what names a module exports, so either take what you need --- ``from module import name1, name2``, or keep them in the |