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builtins contains itself recursively #7289

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@fricklerhandwerk

Describe the bug

builtins contains itself, recursively.

This seems unintentional?

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nix-repl> builtins.builtins.builtins == builtins
true

Expected behavior

nix-repl> builtins.builtins
error: attribute 'builtins' missing

       at «string»:1:1:

            1| builtins.builtins
             | ^

nix-env --version output

nix (Nix) 2.11.0

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