[Tutor] Possibly odd question on everything

[Gregor Lingl]

Dear Pythonistas!

One often says: in Python everything is an object.

In preparing some lecture for my students I met 
the following:

>>> type(print)
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    type(print)
                 
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

(I didn't know, what to expect)

and also:

>>> type(print 3)
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    type(print 3)
                 
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

(I admit, I expected None)


So there is something, called print-statement,
which doesn't seem to belong to everything
 
Hmmm?
Aren't there languages, where really everything
is an object (maybe Smalltalk, maybe Ruby ...
and what about the equivalence of code and data
in Scheme...?)

Interesting, but perhaps not very important, especially
for the rather pragmatic Python-community

Gregor

P. S.: I am really glad, that there exist such a wonderful
mailing list like this one, where I dare to put questions
thus obscure - without having to be afraid to get
expelled ...