Agreed, I like to refer beginners there who are new to Python but not new to coding.
On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 11:03 AM Brett Cannon <br...@python.org> wrote: > A documentation WG is going to be formed which will be in a better > position to answer this, so until that WG is started I think we should keep > the tutorial aimed towards beginners. > > On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 1:13 AM Inada Naoki <songofaca...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, all. >> >> Since "How To" guide is not organized well, it is very tempting to >> write all details in tutorial. >> I have seen may pull requests which "improve" tutorial by describe >> more details and make >> the tutorial more perfect. >> >> But adding more and more information into tutorial makes it slower to >> learn Python by reading tutorial. >> 10+ years ago, Python is far less popular in Japan and reading >> tutorial is the best way to learn Python to me. >> >> But now Python is popular and there are many free/paid good books and >> tutorials on the Web. >> Some of them would be more new user friendly than official tutorial. >> Then, should official Python tutorial become detailed guide to Python? >> Or should we keep new user learning Python as targeted reader? >> >> There is ongoing issue for example: https://bugs.python.org/issue42179 >> >> Chaining exception was added in tutorial. Current tutorial mention to >> `__cause__` attribute. >> https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/errors.html#exception-chaining >> >> bpo-42179 proposes to add mention to `__context__` to make the >> tutorial more accurate about implicit chaining. >> And https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/23160 is the pull request >> to mention `__context__`. >> >> On the other hand, I want to remove confusion by removing mention to >> `__cause__`. >> Because I don't think `__context__` and `__cause__` is important for new >> users. >> See https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/23162 for my proposal. >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> Inada Naoki <songofaca...@gmail.com> >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ >> Message archived at >> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/MXMEFFYB6JXAKSS36SZ7DX4ASP6APWFP/ >> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >> > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/IWW2YBLJK4T3OWSKDUDVDVXPWDGIFWTC/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/>
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