...Skimmed through the previous edition. I don't normally read programming books -- just use the chapters that I need when I need them, unless of course there is a clever plot twist coming up ahead (for ex.: "Next: The revenge of lambdas. Will they stay or will they go?" ;-)
Why? Have you read it from beginning to end. What did you think about functions being introduced later than files and exceptions? -Nick V. Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Nick Vatamaniuc wrote: > > > I would consider that an omission. Functions are very important in > > Python. I think the user/reader should see the _def_ and _class_ > > statement fairly soon in the introduction. The name of the book is > > thus somewhat misleading, because functions are at the "core" of > > Python. > > have you read the book? > > </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list