Anyone know the story behind the lower-case names for the
non-exception built-in types (like list and type)? I am guessing that
they were originally factory functions that, at some point, graduated
to full types; and the names were kept lower-case for backward
compatibility.
However, if we were to consider making a change for Python 4, I am not
sure how I feel about Int("5") over int("5"). Maybe it would be
Integer("5").
Regardless, perhaps the type names are still lower-case for some other
valid reason. If so, I would love to know what that is. Is there any
merit to having lower-cased class names?
-eric
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