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Why does Python use methods for some functionality (e.g. list.index ()) but functions for other (e.g. len (list))? Why is join () a string method instead of a list or tuple method?

2 days ago · The semantics of non-essential built-in object types and of the built-in functions and modules are described in The Python Standard Library. For an informal introduction to the …

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