[issue5351] Python tutorial error

2009-04-05 Thread Georg Brandl
Georg Brandl ge...@python.org added the comment: I still think that the section covers basic file I/O quite well, and since this is not Python-specific at all, you'll be better served with an introduction to programming in general if you want to know all about working with files. --

[issue5351] Python tutorial error

2009-02-23 Thread Tsue
New submission from Tsue tsued...@gmail.com: Hi, Dont know if this is the right place for this kind of bug report. I just started with python last week, so I've been using the Built in tutorial. However, I came across a major issue, and though it took me a while, I figured it out. The

[issue5351] Python tutorial error

2009-02-23 Thread Georg Brandl
Georg Brandl ge...@python.org added the comment: What exactly would you want to change? There's a parenthetical remark an existing file with the same name will be erased just after the 'w' is described. -- nosy: +georg.brandl ___ Python tracker

[issue5351] Python tutorial error

2009-02-23 Thread Tsue
Tsue tsued...@gmail.com added the comment: Hi Georg, Needs to be clearer... Everything else up until this point is easy to read and understand. I think its more and issue of suddenly changing the structure of the text than the text itself. It actually feels rushed. One major thing, for me at

[issue5351] Python tutorial error

2009-02-23 Thread Georg Brandl
Georg Brandl ge...@python.org added the comment: I'm sorry, but isn't it a bit nonsensical to talk about file I/O if you don't have files that contain anything? Also, it should be clear that the object f is just the same that was opened before. Yes, this is a tutorial, but no, it is not meant

[issue5351] Python tutorial error

2009-02-23 Thread Tsue
Tsue tsued...@gmail.com added the comment: I'm not new to computers, but I am very new to python and its symantics. I dont mean to be silly about this, but I do think little things count in the world. If lets say the file being loaded was the README file, then at least there would be some