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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libbltin.tex b/Doc/lib/libbltin.tex deleted file mode 100644 index f6abe25..0000000 --- a/Doc/lib/libbltin.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,44 +0,0 @@ -\section{\module{__builtin__} --- - Built-in objects} - -\declaremodule[builtin]{builtin}{__builtin__} -\modulesynopsis{The module that provides the built-in namespace.} - - -This module provides direct access to all `built-in' identifiers of -Python; for example, \code{__builtin__.open} is the full name for the -built-in function \function{open()}. See chapter~\ref{builtin}, -``Built-in Objects.'' - -This module is not normally accessed explicitly by most applications, -but can be useful in modules that provide objects with the same name -as a built-in value, but in which the built-in of that name is also -needed. For example, in a module that wants to implement an -\function{open()} function that wraps the built-in \function{open()}, -this module can be used directly: - -\begin{verbatim} -import __builtin__ - -def open(path): - f = __builtin__.open(path, 'r') - return UpperCaser(f) - -class UpperCaser: - '''Wrapper around a file that converts output to upper-case.''' - - def __init__(self, f): - self._f = f - - def read(self, count=-1): - return self._f.read(count).upper() - - # ... -\end{verbatim} - -As an implementation detail, most modules have the name -\code{__builtins__} (note the \character{s}) made available as part of -their globals. The value of \code{__builtins__} is normally either -this module or the value of this modules's \member{__dict__} -attribute. Since this is an implementation detail, it may not be used -by alternate implementations of Python. |