On 11/2/2010 7:53 AM, Paul Rudin wrote:
Steven D'Aprano<st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> writes:
A fair point -- the built-in open comes up as hit #30, whereas searching
for open in the PHP page brings up fopen as hit #1. But the PHP search
also brings up many, many hits -- ten pages worth.
OTOH googling for "python open" gives you the correct (for 2.7) page as
hit #1 - although you then have to use your browser's "find" facilty to
actually get to the description of the function in question.
Right. Google does a far better job of organizing Python's
documentation than the Python community does. I don't even try
looking up anything starting at Python.org; I always start
with a Google search. Even though Python.org's search is
powered by Google, it's inferior to a general search.
Compare:
http://www.google.com/search?domains=www.python.org&sitesearch=www.python.org&q=open
http://www.google.com/search?q=Python+open
John Nagle
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