Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The current list function is supposed to be something like a > > > typecast: > > > > > list() isn't a function, it's a type. > > I'm not sure what the distinction is supposed to be. "list" is anyway You can subclass a type, you can check for it with isinstance, etc, all things you couldn't do if list was still a factory function as in 2.1 and back. Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
