Re: Dive Into Python -- Still Being Updated?
On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 11:32:23PM EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan Franzoni wrote: Il 22 Jul 2006 15:48:36 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: http://diveintopython.org/getting_to_know_python/indenting_code.html The function called fib (presumably short for Fibonacci) appears to produce factorials. Anyway, 'fib' should really be called 'hem'. :) I think this is just a bad name for the function... it's not stated anywhere that it should return a Fibonacci sequence. Well, yeah, my point. It's misleading. .. a fib.. as in telling fibs.. so the function lies .. therefore it does not return a Fibonacci sequence.. ??? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Dive Into Python -- Still Being Updated?
Alan Franzoni wrote: Il 22 Jul 2006 15:48:36 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: http://diveintopython.org/getting_to_know_python/indenting_code.html The function called fib (presumably short for Fibonacci) appears to produce factorials. Anyway, 'fib' should really be called 'hem'. :) I think this is just a bad name for the function... it's not stated anywhere that it should return a Fibonacci sequence. Well, yeah, my point. It's misleading. He was on the right track (it is a sequence), but he goofed a little. In general, Mark Pilgrim's material is pretty damn good. http://diveintopython.org/native_data_types/tuples.html#odbchelper.tuplemethods I think tuples have methods, na? Well... of course they have some *special* methods, (any python object has) but they have no method of their own. I think this is pretty clear, it's employed to emphasize the contrast with the list object. I'm coming from Perl/Ruby, so maybe I don't grasp the concept of 'special' methods yet. BTW, you can see last update is 20 May 2004; it's right on the homepage. I know :( ...it is open content (GFDL), so I suppose I could pick it up...maybe later :) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Dive Into Python -- Still Being Updated?
Il 22 Jul 2006 15:48:36 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: http://diveintopython.org/getting_to_know_python/indenting_code.html The function called fib (presumably short for Fibonacci) appears to produce factorials. Anyway, 'fib' should really be called 'hem'. :) I think this is just a bad name for the function... it's not stated anywhere that it should return a Fibonacci sequence. http://diveintopython.org/native_data_types/tuples.html#odbchelper.tuplemethods I think tuples have methods, na? Well... of course they have some *special* methods, (any python object has) but they have no method of their own. I think this is pretty clear, it's employed to emphasize the contrast with the list object. BTW, you can see last update is 20 May 2004; it's right on the homepage. -- Alan Franzoni [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Togli .xyz dalla mia email per contattarmi. Rremove .xyz from my address in order to contact me. - GPG Key Fingerprint: 5C77 9DC3 BD5B 3A28 E7BC 921A 0255 42AA FE06 8F3E - Blog: http://laterradeglieroi.verdiperronchi.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Dive Into Python -- Still Being Updated?
I find Dive Into Python generally an excellent text, and I am not surprised to see people recommending it...but I have noticed a few errors already: http://diveintopython.org/getting_to_know_python/indenting_code.html The function called fib (presumably short for Fibonacci) appears to produce factorials. Anyway, 'fib' should really be called 'hem'. :) http://diveintopython.org/native_data_types/tuples.html#odbchelper.tuplemethods I think tuples have methods, na? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ python Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jun 20 2006, 11:52:59) [GCC 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-13)] on linux2 Type help, copyright, credits or license for more information. print \n.join(dir(tuple)) __add__ __class__ __contains__ __delattr__ __doc__ __eq__ __ge__ __getattribute__ __getitem__ __getnewargs__ __getslice__ __gt__ __hash__ __init__ __iter__ __le__ __len__ __lt__ __mul__ __ne__ __new__ __reduce__ __reduce_ex__ __repr__ __rmul__ __setattr__ __str__ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
