Terry J. Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: To the best of my memory, the fact that type(built_in_function_section_object) is sometimes 'type...' (soon to be 'class...') rather than 'built-in function...' has been a point of occasional confusion on c.l.p for years. Such confusion was part of a recent newbie post there. I actually suggested, only half jokingly, 'Built-in callables' (and got at least one positive response) but decided that that was both too general and maybe a bit obscure, even though the Language Reference has a section on Callables. Hence the more specific suggestion. Perhaps we need more newbie opinions as to which they find clearer.
Even if the title is left alone, I urge the expansion of the first sentence, though 'and callable classes' might be better. The double use of 'function' is definitely an occasional point of confusion in Python I think the crux of our disagreement is alternate parsings of 'built-in functions': 1) 'built-in' <instances of generic concept> 'function', 2) <instances of specific class> 'built-in function'. Under 1) the current title is fine. Under 2), it is not, and 'built-in functions and classes', interpreted as parsing 2 of 'built-in functions and [built-in] classes' is better. The map doc issues are, of course, separate from the title and lead sentence issue. __________________________________ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue2761> __________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
