What is a namespace in Python?

Namespaces in Python are implemented as Python dictionaries, this means it is a mapping from names (keys) to objects (values). The user doesn't have to know this to write a Python program and when using namespaces. Some namespaces in Python: global names of a module. local names in a function or method invocation. read more

In python there is a builtin namespace that encloses the global ns, and the global ns is provided by the loaded module. The builtin ns contain variables. A symbol for a variable can define an object or a function -- for example, + is defined there. read more

Namespaces in Python are implemented as Python dictionaries, this means it is a mapping from names (keys) to objects (values). The user doesn't have to know this to write a Python program and when using namespaces. read more

A namespace containing all the built-in names is created when we start the Python interpreter and exists as long we don't exit. This is the reason that built-in functions like id(), print() etc. are always available to us from any part of the program. read more