[Zope-Coders] Re: ZCTextIndex too sensitive

[Guido van Rossum]

> > 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.?

It was only an example.  In 2.1, none of the built-in callable types
(e.g. class, method, function) have a __call__ attribute.  About the
only thing for which callable(x) and hasattr(x, "__call__") coincide
is class instances.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)