[issue29580] "Built-in Functions" not being functions

2017-02-19 Thread Serhiy Storchaka
Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: See also issue11975. -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka ___ Python tracker ___

[issue29580] "Built-in Functions" not being functions

2017-02-17 Thread Raymond Hettinger
Raymond Hettinger added the comment: I concur with the other respondents and am going to mark this as closed. -- nosy: +rhettinger resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker

[issue29580] "Built-in Functions" not being functions

2017-02-16 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: Agreed with Marc. I don't think there is anything to do here. The fact that python allows classes (which are callables) to be substituted for functions is a strength, but can lead to confusion (and people getting upset when classes end up with lowercase

[issue29580] "Built-in Functions" not being functions

2017-02-16 Thread Marc-Andre Lemburg
Marc-Andre Lemburg added the comment: While "functions" may not be accurate anymore, they are all callables. Historically, those callables were functions. Later on some of the built-ins were replaced with type objects. Regarding your last comment: It is common in Python to write "func()" for

[issue29580] "Built-in Functions" not being functions

2017-02-16 Thread Stefan Pochmann
Stefan Pochmann added the comment: The page also contains many references like "As repr(), return a string containing..." where the "()" should be removed. -- ___ Python tracker

[issue29580] "Built-in Functions" not being functions

2017-02-16 Thread Stefan Pochmann
New submission from Stefan Pochmann: About https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html: The title "Built-in Functions", the table header "Built-in Functions" and the "functions" in the URL all suggest that what's on this page are functions. But many things on that page don't appear to be