A Counterintuitive Fact About Python Functions

Python is simple, but at times, can feel a bit tricky as well.

March 19, 2023 • Reading Time: 2 minutes

Everything in python is an object instantiated from some class. This also includes functions, but accepting this fact often feels counterintuitive at first.

Here are a few ways to verify that python functions are indeed objects.

The friction typically arises due to one's acquaintance with other programming languages like C++ and Java, which work very differently.

However, python is purely an object-oriented programming (OOP) language. You are always using OOP, probably without even realizing it.

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