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  #5341: fix "builtin" where used as an adjective ("built-in" is correct).
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@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ One of the most awful question asked on the newsgroup is why this code::
f.read()
does not work. Of course, it works just fine (assuming you have a file called
"www".) But it does not work if somewhere in the module, the statement ``from os
import *`` is present. The :mod:`os` module has a function called :func:`open`
which returns an integer. While it is very useful, shadowing builtins is one of
its least useful properties.
"www".) But it does not work if somewhere in the module, the statement ``from
os import *`` is present. The :mod:`os` module has a function called
:func:`open` which returns an integer. While it is very useful, shadowing a
builtin is one of its least useful properties.
Remember, you can never know for sure what names a module exports, so either
take what you need --- ``from module import name1, name2``, or keep them in the