On 06/10/17 18:25, Stefan Ram wrote: > Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> writes: >> On 10/6/2017 8:44 AM, ROGER GRAYDON CHRISTMAN wrote: >>> Despite the documentation, I would still be tempted to say that range is a >>> function. >> It is, *according* to the documentation. Built-in classes are included >> in Library Reference, Ch. 2, Built-in Functions. Changing that to >> "Built-in Functions and Classes" has been proposed (perhaps by me) and >> rejected. > FWIW, in my course notes, I have coined a special word for > this: > > A /prelate/ (German: "Prälat") is a callable value (object).
Are you just going to let that hanging without justifying your choice of word? > > For, example, I say: > > |When certain prelates are called, one has to write an > |expression into the parentheses, which is called "argument > |expression. In the case of the call »neg( 9 )«, »9« is the > |argument expression. > > (In the original German text this is: > > |Beim Aufruf mancher Prälaten kann oder muß in den für den > |Aufruf verwendeten Klammern ein Ausdruck geschrieben werden, > |der Argumentausdruck genannt wird. Im Aufruf »neg( 9 )« ist > |»9« der Argumentausdruck. > > .) > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
