How to read source code of python?

[Terry Reedy]

On 6/9/2010 8:35 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:28:28 -0700, Leon wrote:
>
>> Hi, there,
>> I'm trying to read the source code of python. I read around, and am kind
>> of lost, so where to start?
>>
>> Any comments are welcomed, thanks in advance.
>
> How would you read any other source code?

I would begin at the beginning, whatever that might be. But the Python 
source tree is rather opaque in some respects compared to other stuff I 
have read. The individual files I have read are much better organized.