len()

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:38:04 -0200, Pat <Pat at junk.net> escribió:
> Andreas Waldenburger wrote:
>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:27:02 -0500 Pat <Pat at junk.net> wrote:
>>> Tobiah wrote:
>>>> Just out of curiosity, why was len() made to
>>>> be it's own function?  I often find myself
>>>> typing things like my_list.len before I
>>>> catch myself.

>>> I'm surprised that no one responded to that question.
>>>
>> Huh? Gabriel Genellina replied about 46 minutes after it was posted.
>> Might it be that your newsserver is a bit laggy?
>
> Might be laggy.  Who knows.
> Why didn't you answer the len() question?

Why should he? Why didn't you look for the answer yourself, after being  
told that it existed? Why do you expect *us* to repeat ourselves again and  
again? Don't be so lazy...

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