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diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index aa69867451..cb75f84b2a 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ Glossary dictionaries. There are the local, global and builtin namespaces as well as nested namespaces in objects (in methods). Namespaces support modularity by preventing naming conflicts. For instance, the functions - :func:`__builtin__.open` and :func:`os.open` are distinguished by their + :func:`builtins.open` and :func:`os.open` are distinguished by their namespaces. Namespaces also aid readability and maintainability by making it clear which module implements a function. For instance, writing :func:`random.seed` or :func:`itertools.izip` makes it clear that those |