Ian Bicking wrote: > > the standard library is not an add-on. you're confused. > > I think the point is that there is the core language, and from a user's > perspective builtins and statements and syntax are all the same thing. > When you import a module, it's more-or-less obvious where you find > information about the module (the module index, of course). But > "print", "sorted", and "list" are all equally "built in" in the mind of > a new user.
so are many standard modules (don't tell me that any real user will learn all the builtins before she writes her first import statement...) > A new and improved language reference document should deal with all of > these together, I think. wasn't the idea to get rid of the language reference altogether, and replace it with a better introduction ? </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list