On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 07:54:13 -0500 Pat <p...@junk.net> wrote: > Terry Reedy wrote: > > Pat wrote: > >> Andreas Waldenburger wrote: > >>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:27:02 -0500 Pat <p...@junk.net> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Tobiah wrote: > >>>>> Just out of curiosity, why was len() made to > >>>>> be it's own function? I often find myself > >>>>> typing things like my_list.len before I > >>>>> catch myself. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> > >>>>> Toby > >>>> I'm surprised that no one responded to that question. > >>>> > >>> Huh? Gabriel Genellina replied about 46 minutes after it was > >>> posted. Might it be that your newsserver is a bit laggy? > >>> > >>> regards > >>> /W > >>> > >> > >> Might be laggy. Who knows. > >> > >> Why didn't you answer the len() question? > > > > I didn't respond because it has been asked and answered before, so > > the answer can be found in the google archives or even maybe the > > FAQ. > > Yes, you did respond. Aren't you the one who wrote "Might be laggy"? > No, I am. Pretty clear from the "From" header. ;)
> If you didn't feel like answering the question, why did you add an > utterly worthless post? > There, there. Let's not get too excited, OK? I made an observation that I felt might be beneficial to you (even if only marginally so). I did not mean it as an insult. I'm sorry if it seemed that way. /W -- My real email address is constructed by swapping the domain with the recipient (local part). -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list