Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

On 28 Mar 2005 03:56:42 -0800, in comp.lang.c , "Xah Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Python doc “3.6.4 Mutable Sequence Types” at (whatever) will you /please/ stop crossposting this python thread to comp.lang.c. (FUP's set to exclude CLC, please respect this) -- Mark McIntyre CLC FAQ

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

Python doc â3.6.4 Mutable Sequence Typesâ at http://python.org/doc/2.4/lib/typesseq-mutable.html in which contains the documentation of the âsortâ method of a list. Quote: -- .sort([cmp[, key[, reverse]]]) sort the items of s in place (7), (8), (9), (10) ... (8) The sort() method

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

Please stop cross-posting this stuff! -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) [EMAIL PROTECTED] San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this. -- http://mail.python.org/m

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Python doc, though relatively incompetent, but the author have Really, how could those morons even dream of creating a language, and even writing docs to accompany it?? tried the best. This is in contrast to documentations in unix related things (unix tools, perl, apa

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

In comp.lang.perl.misc Xah Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Python doc is relatively lousy, from content organization to the > tech writing quality. Which has precisely what to do with most of the groups to which you cross-posted? > Problem: They all have the same priority (which is higher th

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

Martin Ambuhl wrote: > Apologies to these various newsgroups, but I have no idea which one Xah > Lee actually reads or posts from. F'ups set. Probably none, since they are all crowded with crazy linux zealots :-D. -- John Small Perl scripts: http://johnbokma.com/perl/

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

Xah Lee wrote: > The Python doc is relatively lousy, from content organization to the > tech writing quality. So write your own or fork the current one. I doubt if that's a problem. Did you read Dive into Python? -- John Small Perl scripts: http://johnbokma.com/perl/

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

umm... looks like it should've been: Comparison can be chained, and is equivalent to a sequence of comparisons with âandâ in between. For example, âxhttp://xahlee.org/ Terry Reedy wrote: > >Comparisons can be chained, and is evaluated from left to right. For > >example, x < y <= z is equivalent t

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

there is a Python, pithy mighty, lissome, and tabby algorithms it puffs tim-toady it engulfs and sways universality there is a camel, lanky ugly, petty, ungainly foolhardy comports hacking it supports and toadies eunuch's fancy Xah [EMAIL PROTECTED] â http://xahlee.org/PageTwo_dir/more.html M

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

Martin Ambuhl wrote: > Xah Lee wrote: > >> The Python doc is relatively lousy, from content organization to >> the tech writing quality. >> >> I think i'll just post snippets of my comments as i find them. >> (and feel like exposing) > > The cross-posting idiot is back. Next he'll be posting his

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

Xah Lee wrote: The word âobjectâ has generic English meaning as well might have very technical meaning in a language. In Python, it does not have very pronounced technical meaning. For example, there's a chapter in Python Library Ref titled â2. Built-In Objectsâ, and under it a section â2.1 Built-i

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

Xah Lee wrote: Very fucking stupid confusional writing. I agree. Oh, were you talking about the Python documentation? -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfrancis Men live by forgetting -- women live on memori

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

>Comparisons can be chained, and is evaluated from left to right. For >example, x < y <= z is equivalent to (x < y) <= z. The proposed 'correction' above is incorrect and should be ignored. >>> x,y,z = 2,3,1 >>> x>> (xhttp://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

Paul L. Du Bois wrote: Xah Lee wrote: I think i'll just post... [ snipped ] That is a very good analysis. Can you submit a documentation patch? I would, but I'm too lazy to contribute. That doesn't mean I'm not thankful for your efforts, though! p Or if not a doc patch, how about a limerick? M

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

Xah Lee wrote: > I think i'll just post snippets of my comments as i find them. (and > feel like exposing) > [ snipped ] That is a very good analysis. Can you submit a documentation patch? I would, but I'm too lazy to contribute. That doesn't mean I'm not thankful for your efforts, though! p

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

Xah Lee wrote: The Python doc is relatively lousy, from content organization to the tech writing quality. I think i'll just post snippets of my comments as i find them. (and feel like exposing) The cross-posting idiot is back. Next he'll be posting his readings from Richard Burton's _Arabian Nigh

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The Python doc is relatively lousy, from content organization to the tech writing quality. I think i'll just post snippets of my comments as i find them. (and feel like exposing) Python doc: http://python.org/doc/2.4/lib/comparisons.html Quote: Comparison operations are supported by all objects.

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You don't understand the "global" statement in Python, but you do understand Software industry in general? Smart... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

Xah Lee wrote: thanks for the help... --- the python doc is stilted. It tried to organized the thing and with a style around some highbrow inane "computer science" outlook. [usual semi-literate expletive-deleted rant omitted] And your writing is so lucid and comprehensible, it's a pity you can

Re: Python docs [was: function with a state]

On 8 Mar 2005 17:07:31 -0800, Xah Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks for the help... > > --- > the python doc is stilted. It tried to organized the thing and with a > style around some highbrow inane "computer science" outlook. > > i found the little section on global > (http://python.or

Python docs [was: function with a state]

thanks for the help... --- the python doc is stilted. It tried to organized the thing and with a style around some highbrow inane "computer science" outlook. i found the little section on global (http://python.org/doc/2.4/ref/global.html) and can't make out what shit it is trying to say with