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

[Joel Goldstick]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Michael Scharf <mnshtb at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi,
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> Why is it
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>    list0.extend(list1)
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because extend is a list method

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> and not
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>    extend(list 0, list1)
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> or
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>    stri0 = stri0.strip()
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> strip is a string method


> and not
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>    stri0 = strip(stri0)
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> 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.
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> I googled this, but didn’t find it.
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> Thank you,
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> Mike
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Joel Goldstick
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