What is the difference between list() and list?

[Joel Goldstick]

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 5:33 PM, fl <rxjwg98 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
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> I find the following results are interesting, but I don't know the difference
> between list() and list.
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>>>> nums=list()
>>>> nums
> []
>>>> xx=list
>>>> xx
> <type 'list'>
>>>> nums
> []
>>>> print(xx)
> <type 'list'>
>>>> print(nums)
> []
>>>>
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> Could you tell me that?

list is the name of a built-in function that returns a list object
when you set xx = list, you are giving that function a new name -- 'xx'
when you invoke the function:  xx() or list() it returns a list
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> Thanks,
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