[issue27671] FAQ: len() is still function for good reason.

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[issue27671] FAQ: len() is still function for good reason.

miss-islington added the comment: New changeset dc9039da239ee572eaaf56e4a026be1fc4d74e24 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '2.7': bpo-27671: Update FAQ about why len is function (GH-8432) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/dc9039da239ee572eaaf56e4a026be1fc4d74e24 --

[issue27671] FAQ: len() is still function for good reason.

miss-islington added the comment: New changeset 0b376eb0d63e0c51ed55c620b40edae6ded4ea48 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.6': bpo-27671: Update FAQ about why len is function (GH-8432) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/0b376eb0d63e0c51ed55c620b40edae6ded4ea48 --

[issue27671] FAQ: len() is still function for good reason.

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[issue27671] FAQ: len() is still function for good reason.

INADA Naoki added the comment: I can't write long English document. Can I quote Guido's mail instead? -- keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file46041/faq-function-method.patch ___ Python tracker

[issue27671] FAQ: len() is still function for good reason.

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: I agree. We do not need to semi-apologize for having generic functions be builtin generic functions. -- nosy: +terry.reedy ___ Python tracker

[issue27671] FAQ: len() is still function for good reason.

New submission from INADA Naoki: 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 > The major reason is history. ... > but it’s a part of Python, and it’s too late to make such fundamental changes >