Why does Python mix OO concepts and non OO concepts for operation s on basic types?

[Syver Enstad]

jajvirta at cc.helsinki.fi (Jarno J Virtanen) writes:

> Wed, 22 May 2002 13:13:06 -0500 Michael Bauers wrote:
> > 
> > Why do you say x = []; x.append('a'), but get the length with len(a)
> ?
> 
> > 
> > Is there a reason for this sort of inconsistency?
> 
> why not check the FAQ?
> 
> 	http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw.py?req=all#6.5

Yes, but the FAQ seems to be *very* old, it also says that in the
distant future it may be possible to subclass built in types. 

I always have to back up in the editor when I am asking an object what
length it has. Like this (I wanna know the length of object foo):
foo. "Aw, It's not a method it's a function that calls a method with
an unsightly name  behind the scenes" back the cursor up and write
len(foo) instead of foo.len() which would be much more intuitive.

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Vennlig hilsen 

Syver Enstad