Python Cookbook
Edited by Alex Martelli, David Ascher

The following errata were corrected in the 3/04 reprint:

Here's a key to the markup:
	[page-number]: serious technical mistake
	{page-number}: minor technical mistake
	<page-number>: important language/formatting problem
	(page-number): language change or minor formatting problem



{3}  first paragraph;
    def method(self, argument, *args, **kw):
        # do something with argument
        apply(callable, args, kw)

NOW READS:
    def method(self, argument, *args, **kw):
        # do something with argument
        callable(*args, **kw)


Also - 

  def method(self, argument, *args, **kw):
        # do something with argument
        apply(callable_object, args, kw)

NOW READS:
    def method(self, argument, *args, **kw):
        # do something with argument
         callable_object(*args, **kw)



(66)  3rd paragraph;
htmilib

NOW READS:
htmllib


(98)  1st paragrap, seciond half of code block;
# Prepare the Commands list for exeution by compiling each re
for cmd in Commands:

NOW READS:
# Prepare the Commands list for exeution by compiling each re
for cmd in Commands:

Also, the try/except block that follows HAS BEEN INDENTED by 4 spaces.


(169)  all 5 recipes;
for base in self__class__.__bases__:

NOW READS:
for base in self.__class__.__bases__:

(The pages affected by this repeated change are 169 to 171, all examples).



(201)  In definition of RingBuffer class;
	self.__class__ = __Full

NOW READS:
	self.__class__ = self.__Full


[309]  4th paragraph: the example code that does open("icon.gif") etc.;
print "icon='''\\\n" + base64.encodestring(open("icon.gif").read()) + "'''"

NOW READS:
print "icon='''\\\n" + base64.encodestring(open("icon.gif", "rb").read()) + "'''"


{339}
try: ftp.login(username, password)
except ftp.all_errors, error:
  print 'Cannot login:', error

The second line NOW READS:
except ftplib.all_errors, error:


(383)  1st paragraph;
for tag in tags:
print tag, handler.tags[tag]

The second line HAS BEEN INDENTED.


(389) IN PRINT:  Solution: 5th line of program;
.replace(''', """)\

NOW READS:
.replace('"', """)\


{426}  4th paragraph, the fifth line of code;
for x not in init_modules:

NOW READS:
for m not in init_modules:


(533)  Lines 8, 10, 11;
print a.pop(0)

NOW READS:
print a.pop()