[Tutor] Why are arguments sometimes on the left side?

[Michael Scharf]

Hi,


Why is it



   list0.extend(list1)



and not


   extend(list 0, list1)



or


   stri0 = stri0.strip()


and not


   stri0 = strip(stri0)



Why have arguments on the left side at all, when usually the dot notation
left to right implies a hierarchical relation: file.class or class.method
etc.



I googled this, but didn’t find it.



Thank you,

Mike
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