Some aspects of the Python design are remarkably clever, while others leave me perplexed. Here's an example of the latter: Why does len() give an error when applied to an int or float? len() should always return something; in particular, when applied to a scalar, it should return a value of 1. Of course, I can define my own function like this:
def mylen(x): if isinstance(x,int) or isinstance(x,float): return 1 return len(x) But, this shouldn't be necessary. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/len%28%29-should-always-return-something-tp24639361p24639361.html Sent from the Python - python-list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
