George Sakkis wrote: > I won't open another can of worms here, but I'll just say that as much > as I hate Java's stubborn insistence on OO purity, I am equally > disturbed by Python's arbitrary-looking choices on whether some > callable ends up a function or a method. When I talk about or > introduce Python to outsiders, one of the toughest questions is often > something along the lines of "why len() is a function and not a > method?"
I guess those outsiders don't really understand the concept of a "generic operation". are you sure *you* understand what that is? it's not obvious from your posts. </F> _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
