<div dir="ltr"><div><div>For those of you still scratching your heads, there's a version issue here as well. <br><br>Since I teach 3.x for a living, these little difference are in my face all the time.<br><br>More from FaceBook:<br>
</div><br></div>Steve Holden:<br><br><div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><span></span><span><span><span>Zip()
not a function? <br><br>Where on Earth did you get that strange story from? <br><br>It
may return an iterator, but that doesn't mean it's not a function ...<br><br></span></span></span></div><div class=""><span><span><span>Me:<br><br></span></span></span></div><div class=""><span></span></div><span></span><span><span><span>I
just mean it's neither of <class 'function'> nor <class
'builtin_function_or_method'>. <br>zip is now a type, like int, str,
list, tuple etc. -- none of which are functions either. <br><br>Talking Python
3. You're likely thinking of 2.7: </span><br><br><span>>>> type(zip) # 3.2</span><br><span><class 'type'></span><br><span>>>> type(zip) # 2.7</span><br><span><type 'builtin_function_or_method'><br>
<br><br></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><p>Also, I've clued our peers on the math board (listserv) for those wishing to understand our "namespaces" better.</p>Same thread as before.<br><br>
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