Python3.5.1: type().startswith()

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BPO	27017
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closed_at = <Date 2016-05-14.07:08:56.599>
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labels = ['type-bug', 'invalid', 'OS-windows']
title = 'Python3.5.1: type().startswith()'
updated_at = <Date 2016-05-14.07:44:39.784>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/VertigoRay'

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This doesn't look like proper functionality

    Python 3.5.1 (v3.5.1:37a07cee5969, Dec  6 2015, 01:54:25) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> type('')
    <class 'str'>
    >>> type('').startswith('s')
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
    TypeError: startswith() takes at least 1 argument (0 given)
    >>> type('').startswith('s', 's')
    True

This is exactly how methods on Python object have been behaving for year: any method can be called either as method on instance, or as method on class, with instance passed as the first argument.

To explain in more detail: type('s').startswith is the same as str.startswith, which is an unbound method in Python 2 and a regular function in Python 3. Either way, it expects two arguments: a string which becomes "self", and a second string argument, which is the prefix being tested for.

So type('any string').startswith('alphabet', 'al') is a long way of writing 'alphabet'.startswith('al').

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VertigoRay commented on May 14, 2016

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