[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > vdrab wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Is there some sort of coherent source (dead tree format, maybe?) on > > some of the more advanced features > > of python (decorators, metaclasses, etc)? I'm sort of looking for a > > If you just want a good book in feature description I recomend Python > in a Nutshell. It will explain everything you ever did (or didn't) want > to know without much fuzz. It will not have a long list of when you > should use them. For the later the Python Cookbook is probably more > appropiate. It is the book with the most amount and kind of advanced > stuff IMHO. The printed version is much better than the online because > it not only contains the examples but explains how they work. The > problem is that the cookbook is organized by problem domain and not by > implementation technique. To learn techniques you have to read it like > the Bible: you read the stories and try to deduce what it tells you > about Python.
The Python Cookbook is the word of God as told to the Prophet. I can light a candle to that. -- Russ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list