Section 5 of Python 2.7.16 documentation errors
Most notable, section 5. Expressions def f(a,b): print a,b # raises an error and should read print(a,b) Section 5.4 Raising a negative number to a fractional power does not return an error as stated in the documentation but appears to functioning correctly. Section 5.9 <> returns a syntax error and is no longer usable to replace != Bud
Hi Bud! Thanks for taking the time to report issues, it's appreciated!
Most notable, section 5. Expressions
def f(a,b):
print a,b # raises an error and should read print(a,b)
Your mail subject indicates you found those errors in the Python 2.7 documentation, but it looks like you're trying with a Python 3. print a, b is a Python 2 syntax, and print(a, b) is a Python 3 syntax, there's a whole lot of changes that happened between Python 2 and Python 3 ten years ago, you probably want to focus on Python 3 noadays, while reading the Python 3 documentation.
Section 5.4 Raising a negative number to a fractional power does not return an error as stated in the documentation but appears to functioning correctly.
Again, you may have tried with a Python 3: # Python 2.7.16
(-1) ** .5 Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: negative number cannot be raised to a fractional power
# Python 3.7.2
(-1) ** .5 (6.123233995736766e-17+1j)
Section 5.9 <> returns a syntax error and is no longer usable to replace !=
# Python 2.7.16
1 <> 2 True
# Python 3.7.2
1 <> 2 File "<stdin>", line 1 1 <> 2 ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax
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