Understand builtins' somewhat dark behavior
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Description
In #824 a comment was introduced to document a dark behavior. This should be revisited and fully understood.
Link: https://docs.python.org/3/reference/executionmodel.html#builtins-and-restricted-execution
Line 102 in core/configure.py (after the PR is approved)
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Read core/configure.py around line 102 and the linked Python execution model section on builtins and restricted execution. Compare the behavior and comment introduced in #824, then determine what remains unexplained. Done means the behavior is understood and the comment or surrounding documentation accurately explains it.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100