[Chicago] History of programming

[kirby urner]

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> Python has a clear notion of "callable" as "those objects which eat" i.e.
> "have a mouth" (how I start with beginners sometimes).
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> Our callables aren't just functions, but types as well.   In Python 3.x,
> range() and enumerate() are type calls, not function calls.
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Of course a function is just another type e.g. FunctionType or <class
'function'>.

So in another sense callables are all types as everything is an object and
all objects have type.

Just next( ) and iter( ) are more the builtin functions whereas we also
have a more general type object of type type.

>>> type (int)
<class 'type'>
>>> type (str)
<class 'type'>
>>> def F(): pass
>>> type(F)
<class 'function'>

(using 3.4)

Kirby
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