#!/usr/bin/env python3 from .Datetime import datetimeType #local traits mytraits = {'datetimeType':datetimeType } #traits dictionary filled with builitin traits first and #then local traits #traits dictionary defines conversions from string to type traits = {} #load the builtin traits import builtins for k in builtins.__dict__.keys(): try: traits[k] = builtins.__dict__[k] except: #there is some strangeness in some of the entries in the __builtins__ pass #local traits traits.update(mytraits)