A common misconception in communicating Python is that range() and even list() are "function calls". That's correct for range() in 2.x:
>>> type(range) <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> but has never been correct terminology regarding list(). Example: """ >From Chapter 9 of Inventing in Python: The range() and list() Functions When called with one argument, range() will return a range object of integers from 0 up to (but not including) the argument. This range object can be converted to the more familiar list data type with the list() function. Try entering list(range(10)) into the interactive shell: """ The author knows a range object is returned, however that's our clue that range() is calling a type (a class) and returning an instance of that class, ditto list( ). I'd like to see the Python 3.x teaching literature not muddying the waters by referring to range() and list() -- and zip() and enumerate() -- as "function calls". Kirby
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