I come to praise .join, not to bury it...

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <Ntyp6.1479$y6.244056 at ruti.visi.com>,
Grant Edwards <grante at visi.com> wrote:
>In article <mailman.983997159.4842.python-list at python.org>, D-Man wrote:
>>
>>Even with my newfound understanding, provided by the Martellibot, I
>>agree with this.  Calling a method on an object is fine.  Calling it
>>on a literal looks weird.
>
>What makes you think a "literal" is not an object?

It is, but not at the aesthetic level.

>> Take for example something like this
>>
>>three = 1.__add__( 2 )
>
>Looks just fine to a ex-Smalltalker: everything is an object.

Python isn't Smalltalk.
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