"Steven D'Aprano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:27:24 -0400, Bill Mill wrote: > > [snip] > >> I said the *builtins* section. I think you learn pretty quick that >> figuring out what functions are builtins is pretty important in every >> language. There's a fair number of people out there giving the advice >> to read chapter 2 of the library reference cover-to-cover for a good >> starter on python.
Including me. > > Sure. But for a beginner to start learning the language by reading the > language manual is a bit much to ask. Sure, but who is suggesting that. Suggesting that people specifically read chapter 2 of the Library manual (but only that to start -- I probably have still not read every chapter yet) is quite different. > There is no need to get defensive, I was merely commenting on the need to > understand that inexperienced programmers often don't know enough about > the language to know where to start looking for the answer. Which is precise why I try to help by telling them where to start. A large number of beginner queries posted here are answered in the builtins chapter. Terry J. Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
