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authorSkip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com>2003-01-01 20:37:14 (GMT)
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-\chapter{Built-in Functions, Types, and Exceptions \label{builtin}}
+\chapter{Built-In Objects \label{builtin}}
-Names for built-in exceptions and functions are found in a separate
+Names for built-in exceptions and functions and a number of constants are
+found in a separate
symbol table. This table is searched last when the interpreter looks
up the meaning of a name, so local and global
user-defined names can override built-in names. Built-in types are
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ described together here for easy reference.\footnote{
\indexii{built-in}{types}
\indexii{built-in}{exceptions}
\indexii{built-in}{functions}
+\indexii{built-in}{constants}
\index{symbol table}
The tables in this chapter document the priorities of operators by