On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 10:07 AM gyro funch <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 4/20/2020 9:25 AM, J. Pic wrote: > The following is not currently possible, but is consistent with other > functions such as 'sorted': > > something = mylist.appended(Something()) > no, it's not -- sorted() is a function, not a method. and there is a reason it's not list.sorted() (more than one actually) It turns out the OP wan't asking for exactly what I thought, but the point still stands: mutating methods return None. That is a consistent interface standard in Python. But your suggestion of an .appended() method does tie in to the "fluid interface" conversation on this list a while back -- if you are interested in the idea, I suggest you search the archives. -CHB > -gyro > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/JH3F46JTLCH3ZIYCOVS4ULAYW3CJNUP4/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- Christopher Barker, PhD Python Language Consulting - Teaching - Scientific Software Development - Desktop GUI and Web Development - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython
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