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*Minor* python usability proposal

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Wed Feb 12 11:20:51 EST 2003 
In article <mailman.1045063972.2755.python-list at python.org>,
Eron Lloyd  <elloyd at lancaster.lib.pa.us> wrote:
>
>One nit I've sort of had was the syntax for declaring functions
>and methods.  The keyword "def" seems to me to be anti-intuitive
>compared to other declarative keywords, such as "class" (which is more
>descriptive). What I would like to ask the Python community is whether
>a more explicit naming of "function" for global function definitions
>and "method" for class method definitions would be desirable enough to
>implement.

That would be a Bad Idea because there is no difference between
functions and methods.  (Yes, I know about all the ways in which my
statement is not true, but it's much more true than false.)
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