| Guido van Rossum | 5fdeeea | 1994-01-02 01:22:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | \section{Built-in Module \sectcode{__builtin__}} |
| Guido van Rossum | e47da0a | 1997-07-17 16:34:52 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | \label{module-builtin} |
| Guido van Rossum | 5fdeeea | 1994-01-02 01:22:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | \bimodindex{__builtin__} |
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| Guido van Rossum | 470be14 | 1995-03-17 16:07:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 5 | This module provides direct access to all `built-in' identifiers of |
| Guido van Rossum | 5fdeeea | 1994-01-02 01:22:07 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | Python; e.g. \code{__builtin__.open} is the full name for the built-in |
| Guido van Rossum | 470be14 | 1995-03-17 16:07:09 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | function \code{open}. See the section on Built-in Functions in the |
| 8 | previous chapter. |