Oren Ben-Kiki <python-o...@ben-kiki.org> writes: > So I still think it was a matter of preference rather than a pure technical > consideration. But that's all second-guessing, anyway. You'd have to ask > Guido what his reasoning was...
A rationale is briefly stated in the design FAQs, see https://docs.python.org/3/faq/design.html#why-does-python-use-methods-for-some-functionality-e-g-list-index-but-functions-for-other-e-g-len-list and the next one. ciao, lele. -- nickname: Lele Gaifax | Quando vivrò di quello che ho pensato ieri real: Emanuele Gaifas | comincerò ad aver paura di chi mi copia. l...@metapensiero.it | -- Fortunato Depero, 1929. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
