From: nospam@diveintopython.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: ANN: Dive Into Python chapter 3 released To: python-list@python.org Date: 23 Feb 2001 16:23:04 GMT "Dive Into Python" (http://diveintopython.org/) is a free Python tutorial for experienced programmers. You can read the book online or download it in a variety of formats. Chapter 3 (http://diveintopython.org/fileinfo_divein.html) is finally complete. It covers all of these concepts: - defining, subclassing, and instantiating Python classes - special class methods - data attributes and class attributes - exception handling - basic file management (opening, reading files) - writing cross-platform libraries by encapsulating platform differences (like the getpass, os modules) - assigning multiple values at once If you're one of the 5,000 people who have already downloaded "Dive Into Python", come back and see what's new: - All examples are now color-coded. - Each section now has "further reading" links to relevant sections of other free resources, including the Python library reference, Python language reference, Python tutorial, Python Knowledge Base, and other free Python books available online. - Chapter 2 now uses the getattr function instead of eval -- a much more elegant solution suggested by an articulate reader. (http://diveintopython.org/apihelper_getattr.html) - Text edited, confusions clarified, bugs fixed. :) -M -- Mark Pilgrim, f8dy@diveintopython.org You're smart; why haven't you learned Python yet? http://diveintopython.org/ ----- Posted via NewsOne.Net: Free (anonymous) Usenet News via the Web ----- http://newsone.net/ -- Free reading and anonymous posting to 60,000+ groups NewsOne.Net prohibits users from posting spam. If this or other posts made through NewsOne.Net violate posting guidelines, email abuse@newsone.net -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list