[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > wasn't the idea to get rid of the language reference altogether, and > > replace it with a better introduction ? > > Can an introduction provide the information the language > reference provides (or maybe I am misunderstanding what > you mean by introduction.)
from the post that opened this thread: "Perhaps we need a friendlier counterpart to the RefGuide, something like the 20-page introduction to Python at the beginning of Beazley's Essential Reference: * go over the statements one-by-one * go over the basic types and their methods * go over object semantics * cover some of the lexical material in chapter 2 of the RefGuide * overarching principles: go into a fair bit of detail, but not every corner case; make the text readable, not meticulously precise." </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list