The correct place for the docs for __cause__ and __context__ is in the section in the library reference about exceptions. There's quite a bit about them there already. That's where the tutorial should link as well.
And now I ask you to stop complaining (your "the PEPs are the worst" does not help your cause). On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 12:30 PM Riccardo Polignieri via Python-Dev < python-dev@python.org> wrote: > > There is value in having non-trivial coverage of the language. When > people ask how > > __cause__ works, we can link to the tutorial. > > I don't necessarily agree with the rest, but I think this is very > important - at least, in the > current situation. Maybe in the future we will be able to rearrange and > move some parts > of the tutorial into the "how to" section, and/or to write more > introductions to the various > sections of the documentation... but for now, the tutorial is all we have. > > > Otherwise, we have to throw them to the > > wolves by linking to the unfriendly, highly technical reference guide or > to a PEP. > > Indeed. The PEPs are the worst, more often than not. I remember when I > first learned Pyhton, > every time the documentation linked to a PEP, I felt a shiver down my > spine. > > r. > _______________________________________________ > 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/LHGZNTRKU2Z2OD3W7DPFEDS274OBFE7F/ > 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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