Learning Python

Errata for Learning Python

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Color Key: Serious Technical Mistake Minor Technical Mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update



Version Location Description Submitted By Date Submitted
Mobi Page 57
5th paragraph, before the NOTE

"We’ll discuss modules and other namespace constructs (including classes and function scopes) further later in the book." Just need either "further" or "later", not both.

Pete  Mar 16, 2013 
Printed Page 166
3rd paragraph

currently reads: myjob = "hacker" for c in myjob: print(c, end = ' ') #step through items Doesn't work in python2.7.3 but works in python3.3

David Natkins  Mar 07, 2013 
Safari Books Online 758
In sidebar "Why You Will Care: Bound Methods and Callbacks", last paragraph and code sample

The last code sample defines a class named 'MyWidget', with a method named 'handler'. The first sentence in the following paragraph refers to "MyGui.handler". "MyGui" should be changed to match the class name in the code snippet, i.e. "MyWidget".

Anonymous  Oct 12, 2012