Ouch, that's bad. It seems the class tutorial could use an overhaul. We might also cut a few areas where we go unnecessarily deep (e.g. position-only parameters).
On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 9:31 AM Mats Wichmann <m...@wichmann.us> wrote: > On 11/6/20 9:07 AM, Marco Sulla wrote: > > I started to learn Python with the tutorial, and two things come into my > > mind: > > 1. The class section seems quite difficult and intimidating for a novel, > > while classes in Python are really more simple than in other OO languages > > Indeed - we got some complaints about the class chapter at the > webmas...@python.org alias a while back. The introductory section > repeatedly mentions Modula-3 and Smalltalk, languages which more > recently minted programmers aren't very likely to be familiar with, > which makes it a bit of a daunting beginning - this is the one chapter > that could really use a bit of rework, IMO. > > _______________________________________________ > 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/B54VI2DN2AYUXJG4SWSW2BMU5OOCIGSX/ > 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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