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Re: list(), tuple() should not place at "Built-in functions" in documentation

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On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> Inside wrote:
>
>> As telling in the subject,because "list" and "tuple" aren't functions,they
>> are types.Is that right?
>
> Yes they are types. But they can still be used as functions. Does it matter?

Python is duck-typed, even in its documentation. If Python describes
something as a function, it means it can be used in place of func in
here:

result = func(arg1, arg2, arg3)

It might be something created with def (a "classic" function). It
might be something created with lambda. It might be an object with a
__call__ method. It might be a type.

>>> class foo:
	def __call__(self):
		return lambda: print("asdf")

>>> bar=foo()
>>> quux=bar()
>>> quux()
asdf

How many functions are defined here?

Chris Angelico

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list(),tuple() should not place at "Built-in functions" in documentation Inside <fancheyujian@gmail.com> - 2011-07-14 18:21 -0700
  Re: list(),tuple() should not place at "Built-in functions" in documentation Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-07-15 11:32 +1000
    Re: list(),tuple() should not place at "Built-in functions" in documentation Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-07-15 11:51 +1000
      Re: list(), tuple() should not place at "Built-in functions" in documentation Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-14 23:00 -0400
      Re: list(), tuple() should not place at "Built-in functions" in documentation Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2011-07-15 23:03 +0200
    Re: list(), tuple() should not place at "Built-in functions" in documentation Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-07-15 16:24 +1000
  Re: list(),tuple() should not place at "Built-in functions" in documentation rantingrick <rantingrick@gmail.com> - 2011-07-14 18:36 -0700
    Re: list(), tuple() should not place at "Built-in functions" in documentation Corey Richardson <kb1pkl@aim.com> - 2011-07-14 22:01 -0400
  Re: list(),tuple() should not place at "Built-in functions" in documentation Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> - 2011-07-18 23:52 -0700
    Re: list(), tuple() should not place at "Built-in functions" in documentation Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-19 12:31 -0400
    Re: list(), tuple() should not place at "Built-in functions" in documentation Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml@behnel.de> - 2011-07-20 08:21 +0200
    Re: list(), tuple() should not place at "Built-in functions" in documentation Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-07-20 16:53 -0400

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