[Guido van Rossum]
>  __len__ is for sequences and mappings specifically -- everything that
>  supports __getitem__ should have __len__ and everything that has
>  __len__ should have __getitem__.

That's going a bit far.  Unordered collections (like sets and bags) are
a good counter-example.



Raymond

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