len() and PEP 3000

[Colin J. Williams]

tac-tics wrote:
>> __len__ is not very special and the
>> property len eliminates the redundant parentheses.
> 
> One might say the current syntax eliminates the redundant dot.
> 
touché

On the other hand, one can argue that, since len is intimately 
associated with an object, it's better treated as an attribute/property 
than to have an unconnected function out in namespace.

Colin W.