Jesse Silverman added the comment:
As Andre noted, it is good in IDLE.
I also realize how convenient it is to read the real docs from there.
I learned a lot about the state of console programming on Windows, in and out
of Python, but I have no problem using IDLE when on Windows
Jesse Silverman added the comment:
"more.com" uses the console input codepage to decode the file, so a workaround
is to run `chcp.com 65001` and run Python in UTF-8 mode, e.g. `py -X utf8=1`.
Since reading non-ASCII UTF-8 is broken, you'll have to switch back to the old
in
Jesse Silverman added the comment:
Thank you so much Inada and Eryk and Steve!
I was one of the people who mistakenly thought that Python 3 operating in the
new Windows Terminal was going to magically leave us sitting happily in
completely UTF-8 compatible territory on Windows, not realizing
Jesse Silverman added the comment:
I looked around some more and it definitely is not just one isolated instance.
I noted a similar issue on the lines from CLASSES topic pasted here. I think
it is all usages of the ellipsis in the context of the help text? Maybe also
fancy quote marks
New submission from Jesse Silverman :
I didn't know whether to file this under DOCUMENTATION or WINDOWS.
I recently discovered the joys of the interactive help in the REPL, rather than
just help(whatever).
I was exploring the topics and noticed multiple encoding or rendering errors.
I rea
Jesse Silverman added the comment:
Agreed with the exception that I'd like to review whether the forward reference
to dict in the tutorial might be better suited to people working thru the
tutorial than the current forward reference to the real docs.
I got to take a look at Eric Ma
Jesse Silverman added the comment:
I understand and agree with both comments.
I will confirm that a substantial number of people think -17 // 3 yields -5.0,
so when I saw this I wondered if it reinforced that common misconception.
I was curious enough to not just confirm in the actual docs
Jesse Silverman added the comment:
Yes, your takeaway was what precisely what I was getting at. I sounded unsure
because I was unsure. In reality, it doesn't matter whether a different
function is being called or one is calling itself, the current wording suggests
that it
New submission from Jesse Silverman :
The Python tutorial was not my first introduction to Python, but I see things
in sections 4.2 and 4.7 that likely would have confused me a lot if it was.
In 4.2 near the end, we have great advice about how to avoid problems with
modifying a collection
New submission from Jesse Silverman :
I love the tutorial, but have been pointing out things I only knew from brutal
experience, other tutorials, reasoning from other languages I know better, or
looking things up. I only mention them if they seem in scope and at the same
level of the
New submission from Jesse Silverman :
In section 4.6 of the tutorial, we find:
"When a function calls another function, a new local symbol table is created
for that call."
Now, perhaps because we were just looking at a function that people will often
ask you to write both recur
New submission from Jesse Silverman :
I had never worked thru the Python tutorial, it's kind of awesome.
I noticed multiple independent presenters incorrectly describe the behavior of
floor division when the signs of the operands don't match. Not just sloppy
ones, some who a
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