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I dont consider prototypes-based OO a real OO. I thought Python had classes in the first release but not to be used by library/application makers. But I was pr

by cies 6y ago

I dont consider prototypes-based OO a real OO. I thought Python had classes in the first release but not to be used by library/application makers. But I was probably mistaken. Thanks for setting that straight. What I think is rather unidiomatic in OO langs is Pythons "function/methods" like `len(x)` which is implemented as `__length__()`. This is just weird/unintuitive/unidiomatic OO... I do not know what Guido was on when he thought this was a good idea.

pansa2 6y ago
> I dont consider prototypes-based OO a real OO. Fair enough - in some ways it’s like half-way to an OO system. Yes, it’s theoretically elegant to have everything be an object and not to have classes. However in the vast majority of cases it seems prototype-based OO is only used as a foundation upon which to build a class system. > What I think is rather unidiomatic in OO langs is Pythons "function/methods" like `len(x)` which is implemented as `__length__()`. AFAIK the reason for the double-underscore method for `len` is to avoid it accidentally working for, say, a Rectangle class that exposes `length` and `width`.