Programming Python edition

[Ken Kinder]

Actually, I have almost every Python book out there and none of them are
as good as the Python Library Reference in day-to-day use. You can get a
printed copy of it at most bookstores, or online (see the books section
of Python.org). It covers all the API, internal functions and datatypes,
the debugger, and the profiler. With some exceptions, (the HTML/SGML
parsing documentation is kind of weak, Tkinter isn't mentioned) it's
very complete and well-done. There is a book on Python and Tk (also,
python.org) but I haven't really read much of it. Not much of a Tk-kinda
guy.

Stijn van Dongen wrote:

>          Hi,
>
>    I am looking for a good reference book on Python, and from what I
>    saw at the bookstore `Programming Python' by Mark Lutz seems the
>    best choice. The only thing is, it was written in 1996.
>
>      Is a new edition due?
>      Is the 1996 edition still just fine?
>      Are there other books I should consider?
>   (being a reasonably experienced programmer detesting the `Dummies',
>   `unleashed', `10 days' etc kind of book).
>
> Stijn
>
> --
>  Stijn van Dongen
>  Centre for Mathematics and Computing Science (CWI)
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>  Stijn van Dongen
>  Centre for Mathematics and Computing Science (CWI)
>  Kruislaan 413         1098 SJ Amsterdam            GO      @  _  @
>  tel: +31 20 5924180      stijnvd at cwi.nl         HandTalk  (_'/_/ _)
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