Re: Python documentation problem

2005-06-18 Thread axel
In comp.lang.perl.misc Xah Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i wanted to find out if Python supports eval. e.g. > somecode='3+4' > print eval(somecode) # prints 7 > in the 14 hundred pages of python doc, where am i supposed to find this > info? By using the index - it's an alphabetical list of

Re: Python documentation problem

2005-06-18 Thread Jürgen Exner
Xah Lee wrote: > i wanted to find out if Python supports eval. e.g. > > somecode='3+4' > print eval(somecode) # prints 7 > > in the 14 hundred pages of python doc, where am i supposed to find > this info? Why are you asking in a Perl NG for information about Python? Or are you also asking your bac

Re: Python documentation problem

2005-06-18 Thread Jürgen Exner
Xah Lee wrote: > Python documentation, > [...] Python Reference Manual for more information. > [...] python doc wasted my time. [...] python coders. > [...] use python doc > python community [...] coding in python. [Sexual explicatives deleted] And this outburst has exactly _what_ to do with Perl

Re: Python documentation problem

2005-06-18 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2005-06-18, Xah Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > Fuck the python doc wasted my time. Fuck python coders. Each > time i tried to use python doc and got frustrated because it > being grossly incompetent, i'll post a message like this, no > more frequent than once a week. This will go on as

Re: Python documentation problem

2005-06-18 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 12:02:07 +0200, Kalle Anke wrote: > On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 11:49:38 +0200, Xah Lee wrote > (in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>): > >> the problem is that the page essentially says nothing. Nothing that is >> relevant to programing, and such nothingness occupies a significant >> porti

Re: Python documentation problem

2005-06-18 Thread Kalle Anke
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 11:49:38 +0200, Xah Lee wrote (in article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>): > the problem is that the page essentially says nothing. Nothing that is > relevant to programing, and such nothingness occupies a significant > portion of the python doc. (at least a quarter) It is like reading a

Re: Python documentation problem

2005-06-18 Thread Xah Lee
> what is wrong with python doc > http://python.org/doc/2.4.1/lib/typesfunctions.html the problem is that the page essentially says nothing. Nothing that is relevant to programing, and such nothingness occupies a significant portion of the python doc. (at least a quarter) It is like reading a manu

Re: Python documentation problem

2005-06-18 Thread Tassilo v. Parseval
Also sprach Xah Lee: > i wanted to find out if Python supports eval. e.g. > > somecode='3+4' > print eval(somecode) # prints 7 > > in the 14 hundred pages of python doc, where am i supposed to find this > info? You are not going to find it in comp.lang.perl.misc. Tassilo -- use bigint; $n=71423

Re: Python documentation problem

2005-06-18 Thread Xah Lee
Apparently i tried it before posting eval '3' and got misleading errors because i forgot the parenthesis... This is a easy one to find in the doc... The unhelpful doc organization and past experiences confounded this case. Thanks. Xah [EMAIL PROTECTED] ∑ http://xahlee.org/ -- http://mail.pyt

Re: Python documentation problem

2005-06-18 Thread John Machin
Xah Lee wrote: > i wanted to find out if Python supports eval. e.g. > > somecode='3+4' > print eval(somecode) # prints 7 > > in the 14 hundred pages of python doc, where am i supposed to find this > info? > Option 1: As they say in the classics, "Suck it and see". If you want to find out if som

Re: Python documentation problem

2005-06-18 Thread Brian van den Broek
Xah Lee said unto the world upon 18/06/2005 04:11: > i wanted to find out if Python supports eval. e.g. > > somecode='3+4' > print eval(somecode) # prints 7 > > in the 14 hundred pages of python doc, where am i supposed to find this > info? > > Xah > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ∑ http://xahlee.org/ >

Re: Python documentation problem

2005-06-18 Thread Brian van den Broek
Xah Lee said unto the world upon 18/06/2005 03:49: > Python documentation, > http://python.org/doc/2.4.1/lib/typesfunctions.html > > - > 2.3.10.3 Functions > > Function objects are created by function definitions. The only > operation on a function object is to call it: func(argu

Re: Python documentation problem

2005-06-18 Thread Xah Lee
i wanted to find out if Python supports eval. e.g. somecode='3+4' print eval(somecode) # prints 7 in the 14 hundred pages of python doc, where am i supposed to find this info? Xah [EMAIL PROTECTED] ∑ http://xahlee.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Python documentation problem

2005-06-18 Thread Erik Max Francis
Xah Lee wrote: > Fuck the python doc wasted my time. Fuck python coders. Use your words! -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfrancis The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. -- P

Python documentation problem

2005-06-18 Thread Xah Lee
Python documentation, http://python.org/doc/2.4.1/lib/typesfunctions.html - 2.3.10.3 Functions Function objects are created by function definitions. The only operation on a function object is to call it: func(argument-list). There are really two flavors of function objects: buil