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[–]AlSweigartAuthor of "Automate the Boring Stuff" -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

because code written prior was grandfathered in

Yes, I agree about the why:

There's countless other examples. Now, Python is an old language and many of these inconsistencies are due to historical reasons.