When I learned python I was surprised by the absence of a length() member on collections. But, apparently this was far from an accident. http://effbot.org/pyf

When I learned python I was surprised by the absence of a length() member on collections. But, apparently this was far from an accident. http://effbot.org/pyfaq/why-does-python-use-methods-for-some-functionality-e-g-list-index-but-functions-for-other-e-g-len-list.htm http://effbot.org/pyfaq/why-does-python-use-methods-for-some...