len()

[Tobiah]

Just out of curiosity, why was len() made to
be it's own function? I often find myself
typing things like my_list.len before I
catch myself.

Thanks,

Toby

 

[Gabriel Genellina]

Just out of curiosity, why was len() made to
be it's own function? I often find myself
typing things like my_list.len before I
catch myself.

http://www.python.org/doc/faq/gener...st-index-but-functions-for-other-e-g-len-list

and

http://groups.google.com/group/comp...b8d62f28cdb/1480c3f3a1bf68bb#1480c3f3a1bf68bb

 

[Pat]

Just out of curiosity, why was len() made to
be it's own function? I often find myself
typing things like my_list.len before I
catch myself.

Thanks,

Toby

I'm surprised that no one responded to that question.

I keep making that mistake all the time myself.

 

[Andreas Waldenburger]

I'm surprised that no one responded to that question.

Huh? Gabriel Genellina replied about 46 minutes after it was posted.
Might it be that your newsserver is a bit laggy?

regards
/W

 

[Pat]

Huh? Gabriel Genellina replied about 46 minutes after it was posted.
Might it be that your newsserver is a bit laggy?

regards
/W

Might be laggy. Who knows.

Why didn't you answer the len() question?

 

[Marco Mariani]

Why didn't you answer the len() question?

It's a bit of a FAQ: len() cannot be a method of list objects because it
works on any sequence or iterable.

 

[Gabriel Genellina]

Might be laggy. Who knows.
Why didn't you answer the len() question?

Why should he? Why didn't you look for the answer yourself, after being
told that it existed? Why do you expect *us* to repeat ourselves again and
again? Don't be so lazy...

You can read all these posts using the mailing list
([email protected]), Usenet (comp.lang.python), Google Groups, and
many other mirrors. See this same thread in 3 different ways:

Google groups:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/t/247ec641c289a326/

Gmane:
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.general/608346

Python.org:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2009-January/526500.html

and many others, like the "forum" look & feel provided by
www.velocityreviews.com

 

[Terry Reedy]

Might be laggy. Who knows.

Why didn't you answer the len() question?

I didn't respond because it has been asked and answered before, so the
answer can be found in the google archives or even maybe the FAQ.

 

[Pat]

Why should he? Why didn't you look for the answer yourself, after being
told that it existed? Why do you expect *us* to repeat ourselves again
and again? Don't be so lazy...

Why do *us* feel obligated to respond? Is there a gun pointed at your
heads forcing to giving a bellicose responses?

Who is this *us*? A secret society? An exclusive club?

New rule: If you don't like a question or a post, simply ignore it. We
don't enjoy your snarky repartee.

 

[Pat]

I didn't respond because it has been asked and answered before, so the
answer can be found in the google archives or even maybe the FAQ.

Yes, you did respond. Aren't you the one who wrote "Might be laggy"?

If you didn't feel like answering the question, why did you add an
utterly worthless post?

 

[Andreas Waldenburger]

Yes, you did respond. Aren't you the one who wrote "Might be laggy"?

No, I am. Pretty clear from the "From" header.

If you didn't feel like answering the question, why did you add an
utterly worthless post?

There, there. Let's not get too excited, OK? I made an observation that
I felt might be beneficial to you (even if only marginally so). I did
not mean it as an insult. I'm sorry if it seemed that way.

/W

 

[Steve Holden]

No, I am. Pretty clear from the "From" header.


There, there. Let's not get too excited, OK? I made an observation that
I felt might be beneficial to you (even if only marginally so). I did
not mean it as an insult. I'm sorry if it seemed that way.

Right, well let's *all* calm down, and resolve not to bother making
posts that don't contribute something positive. It's not like this is a
low-bandwidth group, there's always plenty going on.

regards
Steve

who is still hoping that one day Xah Lee will post and *nobody* will
reply ...