Documentation: type-vs.-function
30 Sep
2002
30 Sep
'02
12:36 a.m.
I note that http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/lib/built-in-funcs.html#l2h-14 describes dict as a built-in function, whereas we all know that Guido's cool 2.2 changes made it into a type
dict
Does this distinction matter? A little, I think. Calling it a function
makes it sound like we're living in the past. Same goes for str, type,
list, tuple, et. al. I realize that the type (especially
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