builtins
— Built-in objects¶
This module provides direct access to all «built-in» identifiers of Python; for
example, builtins.open
is the full name for the built-in function open()
.
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 open()
function that wraps the built-in
open()
, this module can be used directly:
import builtins
def open(path):
f = builtins.open(path, 'r')
return UpperCaser(f)
class UpperCaser:
'''Wrapper around a file that converts output to uppercase.'''
def __init__(self, f):
self._f = f
def read(self, count=-1):
return self._f.read(count).upper()
# ...
As an implementation detail, most modules have the name __builtins__
made
available as part of their globals. The value of __builtins__
is normally
either this module or the value of this module’s __dict__
attribute.
Since this is an implementation detail, it may not be used by alternate
implementations of Python.