[issue11465] Set documentation: Link to wikipedia
New submission from Thomas Guettler <guettli@thomas-guettler.de>: A link from http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html#set.union to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_%28set_theory%29 would help young people to understand sets. Of course it is the same for intersection(), difference(), and symmetric_difference(). The images of the wikipedia article explain it very good. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 130555 nosy: docs@python, guettli priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Set documentation: Link to wikipedia versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11465> _______________________________________
Senthil Kumaran <orsenthil@gmail.com> added the comment: Only for relatively uncommon concepts like "Moving Average" and some other cases used in collections module hyperlink to a general article helps. Set theory is a commonly understood concept and link to wikipedia article may not be required. It can be left to the user to find out more, if they want. ---------- nosy: +orsenthil _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11465> _______________________________________
Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> added the comment: There is no end of helpful articles at Wikipedia and elsewhere. Wikipedia articles are especially easy to find with a special search in some browsers and on the site. In my experience on python-list, for instance, people have much more problem with floats, for instance, than sets. Certainly, sets are taught much better in U.S. schools. ---------- nosy: +terry.reedy resolution: -> wont fix status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11465> _______________________________________
Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger@gmail.com> added the comment: I concur with the other respondants. Also, experience has shown a near zero learning curve for sets. For whatever reason, people seem to just get it and not require further explanation. ---------- nosy: +rhettinger _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11465> _______________________________________
participants (4)
-
Raymond Hettinger -
Senthil Kumaran
-
Terry J. Reedy
-
Thomas Guettler