Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date submitted |
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Printed | I do not find any information about the zip() function, which is a builtin function. It's definitely not in the index. Am I missing something, or is this an overlook? |
Alain Mosnier | Jul 12, 2020 | |
Printed | Page 45 section Sequences |
Reference in |
Eckhard Stein | Nov 12, 2018 |
Page 107 first line in section __new__ |
The first line says that __new__ is a class method. |
Sky Liu | Feb 06, 2020 | |
Page 183 4th paragraph |
First sentence of the paragraph reads: |
Tomas Linhart | Dec 31, 2017 | |
Page 195 1st paragraph |
Last sentence of the first paragraph reads: |
Tomas Linhart | Dec 31, 2017 | |
Printed | Page 308 4th paragraph |
In the explanation of the os.path module function walk, on page 308, the book refers to: |
David Díaz Pardo | Jun 12, 2019 |
Page 503, 507, 508 Function prototypes for getfqdn( ), send( ), sendmsg( ) |
The square brackets for optional arguments are written in different styles -- both straight and italic. Probably they were all meant to be italic. |
Eugene | Oct 05, 2020 | |
Page 686 Function prototype for PyModule_New( ) |
PyModule_New( ) contains address-of operator in its prototype instead of an asterisk. Such signature is illegal in pure C. |
Eugene | Oct 05, 2020 |