Steven D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> added the comment:
This is not a bug or a syntax error, and the behaviour goes back to at least Python 1.5 if not older. List.reverse returns a reference to the method object itself. List.reverse() *calls* the method. This is standard behaviour in Python, all methods and functions are first-class values, anything you can do with an object, you can do with a function or method too. For example: py> list.reverse.__name__ 'reverse' py> print(len) <built-in function len> py> alist = [1, "a", chr] py> print(alist) [1, 'a', <built-in function chr>] ---------- nosy: +steven.daprano resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue34644> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
