Editorial: document that functions are objects #3250
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The phrase "is an object" links to The Object Type, but if someone is clicking that link they probably want to know the answer to the question "are functions objects in this sense". The answer is yes, but to discern that from the current section you need to go down to between two tables in the Object Internal Methods and Internal Slots subsection and find the "Table 5 summarizes additional essential internal methods that are supported by objects that may be called as functions. A function object is an object that supports the [[Call]] internal method" bit.
This PR adds a paragraph pointing out that functions are objects to the introduction of the Object Type section, where it has some hope of being seen.