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Author rhettinger
Recipients chris.jerdonek, eric.araujo, ezio.melotti, nitika, rhettinger, terry.reedy
Date 2014-04-05.20:52:09
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FWIW, I don't think we should separate built-in types from built-in functions.  Tools like str(x) and int(x) are frequently used as if there were functions.   Tools like iter(x) and open(x) could be viewed as constructors.  Tools like type(x) are both a function (the one-variable form) and a class constructor (the three variable form).

For the most part, I don't think the distinction is meaningful or helpful.

As a reference point, authors of Python books have avoided making a distinction and have favored the alphabetical ordering we have now (which has the virtue of making functions easy to find).

If you feel a need to provide groups of related functions, please do so in an addenda to the core function reference.
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