why del is not a function or method?

[Lele Gaifax]

Oren Ben-Kiki <python-oren at ben-kiki.org> writes:

> So I still think it was a matter of preference rather than a pure technical
> consideration. But that's all second-guessing, anyway. You'd have to ask
> Guido what his reasoning was...

A rationale is briefly stated in the design FAQs, see
https://docs.python.org/3/faq/design.html#why-does-python-use-methods-for-some-functionality-e-g-list-index-but-functions-for-other-e-g-len-list
and the next one.

ciao, lele.
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