– There are functions that should have been methods (len/str etc)

– Scoping

– The “self” parameter – convention.

– In the past you couldn’t subclass base classes of python (dictionaries, lists, …).

– range should have become an iterator by now (will be fixed in Python 3k)

– I believe that getattr, setattr should be operations on a a dictionary

Nevertheless the above, i like python a lot, and use it whenever i can.

I do not understand the point about len() being a function rather than a method. Would you people also like sqrt to be a method? How about add/sub/mul/div?

By the way, str() is not a function, it’s a constructor call in newer versions of Python. I find it pretty natural to see str(42) meaning “create a new string representing the number 42″.

I normally use Ruby because it has all of the features Python has and is nicer to use, although if I had to write everything in Python instead I doubt I’d be much less happy.

Here is a discussion that I had with a friend of mine about some of the bits of Python that I do find annoying:

http://fragglet.livejournal.com/6201.html