Python-devvers, can anyone help with this behaviour?
> If I run Just's Python IDE and run the same code it tells mes that
> __builtins__ is a module.
>
> And finally if I run the following code from within the Interactive console
> contained in standard 'code.py' file I get told __builtins__ is a
> dictionary.
>
> So what is it? Is __builtins__ a module or a dictionary? I know that they're
> essentially the same thing, but it unnerves me to have the same code produce
> different results in different platforms.
Well, I've narrowed down the difference to the exec statement:
>>> exec "print type(__builtins__)"
<type 'module'>
>>> exec "print type(__builtins__)" in {}
<type 'dictionary'>
Can anyone explain what is going on here?
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