On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 16:40:48 -0800, Paul Rubin 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
> callable, and lambda a:list(a) is certainly a function.
class Parrot:
def __init__(self):
pass
Parrot is callable. Is it a function?
Types are types, classes are classes, functions are functions.
Admittedly I still confused between the various flavours of functions
(function, bound method, unbound method, class method, static method...)
*wink* but the difference between types and functions is fairly clear.
Just don't ask about the difference between type and class... *wink*
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