Yea, that is so stupid. I wish sidefx didn't do that. Name classes and functions the same, then make the two commonly used things in the Hou.
There are a couple of other examples where they do this, but can't remember off the top of my head.
hou.parm() should be renamed to hou.getParm()
I'm sure some techy developer at sidefx will hold his breath and turn blue while another developers explains at great length why they can't, won't, refuse, and why I'm stupid for requesting it.
One day, the developers will fall and the artists will rule the earth!