Terry J. Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> added the comment: I presume you are referring to 8.3 of the language reference https://docs.python.org/3/reference/compound_stmts.html#the-for-statement which has "the built-in function range()". Types/classes *are* functions, which is why dist, list, range, etc are listed in "Built-in Functions" in the library reference. But I agree that the more specific term should be used.
To me, the more severe problem is with the complete sentence. "Hint: the built-in function range() returns an iterator of integers suitable to emulate the effect of Pascal’s for i := a to b do; e.g., list(range(3)) returns the list [0, 1, 2]." The now obsolete definition of Python in terms of the now obscure Pascal should be deleted here and anywhere else such remains. I think the whole sentence should just be deleted. The whole paragraph and example could otherwise be improved. ---------- nosy: +terry.reedy versions: +Python 3.9 -Python 3.5, Python 3.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue37430> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
