Beliavsky wrote: > Thomas Guettler wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The function len() is not mentioned in the Python 3000 PEPs. > > > > I suggest that at least lists, tupples, sets, dictionaries and strings > > get a len() method. I think the len function can stay, removing it > > would break to much code. But adding the method, would bu usefull. > > > > Yes, I know, that I can call .__len__() but that is ugly. > > I agree with you -- a.__len__() is ugly compared to len(a) . I am > surprised that such common idioms as len(a) may be going away. It is a > virtue of Python that it supports OOP without forcing OOP syntax upon > the user. How can one be confident that Python code one writes now has > a future?
len() is not going away. -MIke -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
