The first line says "The major reason is history." :-) But it also gives an explanation: providing functionality for types that, at the time, didn't have methods.
On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 8:33 PM, Lele Gaifax <l...@metapensiero.it> wrote: > 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 > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
