A Python 3000 Question

[brad]

Will len(a_string) become a_string.len()? I was just reading

http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/whatsnew/3.0.html

One of the criticisms of Python compared to other OO languages is that 
it isn't OO enough or as OO as others or that it is inconsistent. And 
little things such as this seem to support those arguments. Not that it 
matters really... just seems that classes with methods used in a more 
consistent manner would be more appropriate in an OO langauage. Is there 
a reason that len cannot be a method?

a_string.lower() makes sense, as does a_string.split(), 
a_string.strip()... why not a_string.len()?