> For an example of methods gone horribly wrong, look at Java, where you > have <bultin-array>.length, String.length(), and Collection.size(). > Give me len() any day. I believe Ruby has similar confusing diversity > for looping (each/forEach).
But Java is plagued with the same disease that hit Modula-3, distrust of inheritance. Done right, a base class called SomethingOfWhichTheLengthCanBeComputed would have been defined, with a method "length", and all these other classes would have inherited from it. Never too late to learn from the mistakes of the past... Bill _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
