[Zope-Coders] Re: ZCTextIndex too sensitive

[Philipp von Weitershausen]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>But this should be ok:
>>
>>if callable(text):
>>     try:
>>         text.__call__
>>     except AttributeError:
>>         pass
>>     else:
>>         text = text()
> 
> 
> In Python 2.2, yes.
> 
> In Python 2.1.x, callable built-in objects don't necessarily have a
> __call__ attribute.  Example:

Yes, but how likely is it that the field attribute of an object 
represented by text in the code above actually is a callable builtin 
object like len, zip, repr etc.?

Phil