<br>Hi,<br>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>Why is it<br><p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> list0.extend(list1) </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and not</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"> extend(list 0, list1)<br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">or</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"> stri0 = stri0.strip()</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">and not</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"> stri0 = strip(stri0)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Why have arguments on the left side at all, when usually the dot notation left to right implies a hierarchical relation: file.class or
class.method etc. <br>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I googled this, but didn’t find it. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Mike</p>
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