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Re: How to search the Python manuals



BJörn Lindqvist wrote:
2008/8/22 Terry Reedy <tj*****@udel.edu>:
[snip]
>On the left, click [+] for Language Reference
(3.0: The Python language reference).

"Language Reference
(for language lawyers)"

Language Lawyer? That's almost as worser than Grammar Nazi, no wonder
no one is finding anything there.
That unfortunate joke is gone from the new 2.6/3.0 manuals. I and
others have spend much time working to make the manuals more accurate
and readable.
Aug 25 '08 #1
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