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[Python-Dev] Fast access to __builtins__

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Fri, 28 Mar 2003 09:38:28 +0100 
Guido van Rossum wrote:
> I'd be happy to proclaim that doing something like
> 
>   import X
>   d = X.__dict__
>   d["spam"] = 42    # or  exec "spam = 42" in d 
> 
> is always prohibited.

That would break lazy module imports such as the one I'm using
in mx.Misc.LazyModule.py.

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