methods

[DaveBackus]

Spencer and Paul explained something to me that I hadn't understood. I'm not sure how much of this to put in, but probably some.

The issue: with tab completion, we get two different kinds of things. One is methods, which are functions in different syntax. The other is attributes or variables, which we can generally change with assignments. That explains why some have () and some don't.

[DaveBackus]

Added a few words describing this in Python Fundamentals 1, where we bring up tab completion.

The remaining question is whether we want to distinguish between attributes and methods in later chapters. For now, we don't. So something to think about later.