It is named like the <x>_of_<y> functions, yes. "Of" and "from" are both "de" in French. A native English speaker would use "from" there, but whoever named th

It is named like the <x>_of_<y> functions, yes. "Of" and "from" are both "de" in French. A native English speaker would use "from" there, but whoever named those functions used "of."