callable values

[Rhodri James]

On 06/10/17 17:25, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> writes:
>> On 10/6/2017 8:44 AM, ROGER GRAYDON CHRISTMAN wrote:
>>> Despite the documentation, I would still be tempted to say that range is a
>>> function.
>> It is, *according* to the documentation.  Built-in classes are included
>> in Library Reference, Ch. 2, Built-in Functions.  Changing that to
>> "Built-in Functions and Classes" has been proposed (perhaps by me) and
>> rejected.
> 
>    FWIW, in my course notes, I have coined a special word for
>    this:
> 
>    A /prelate/ (German: "Prälat") is a callable value (object).

I think I'll continue to call them callables.  That way I won't burst 
into giggles when I accidentally think of them as church dignitaries.


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Rhodri James *-* Kynesim Ltd