Dive Into Python -- Still Being Updated?

[hanumizzle]

I find Dive Into Python generally an excellent text, and I am not
surprised to see people recommending it...but I have noticed a few
errors already:

http://diveintopython.org/getting_to_know_python/indenting_code.html

The function called fib (presumably short for Fibonacci) appears to
produce factorials. Anyway, 'fib' should really be called 'hem'.

http://diveintopython.org/native_data_types/tuples.html#odbchelper.tuplemethods

I think tuples have methods, na?

hanumizzle@debian:~$ python
Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jun 20 2006, 11:52:59)
[GCC 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-13)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

 

[Alan Franzoni]

Il 22 Jul 2006 15:48:36 -0700, (e-mail address removed) ha scritto:

http://diveintopython.org/getting_to_know_python/indenting_code.html

The function called fib (presumably short for Fibonacci) appears to
produce factorials. Anyway, 'fib' should really be called 'hem'.

I think this is just a bad name for the function... it's not stated
anywhere that it should return a Fibonacci sequence.

http://diveintopython.org/native_data_types/tuples.html#odbchelper.tuplemethods

I think tuples have methods, na?

Well... of course they have some *special* methods, (any python object has)
but they have no method of their own. I think this is pretty clear, it's
employed to emphasize the contrast with the list object.

BTW, you can see last update is 20 May 2004; it's right on the homepage.

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[hanumizzle]

Il 22 Jul 2006 15:48:36 -0700, (e-mail address removed) ha scritto:


I think this is just a bad name for the function... it's not stated
anywhere that it should return a Fibonacci sequence.

Well, yeah, my point. It's misleading. He was on the right track (it is
a sequence), but he goofed a little. In general, Mark Pilgrim's
material is pretty damn good.

Well... of course they have some *special* methods, (any python object has)
but they have no method of their own. I think this is pretty clear, it's
employed to emphasize the contrast with the list object.

I'm coming from Perl/Ruby, so maybe I don't grasp the concept of
'special' methods yet.

BTW, you can see last update is 20 May 2004; it's right on the homepage.

I know ...it is open content (GFDL), so I suppose I could pick it
up...maybe later

 

[cga2000]

Well, yeah, my point. It's misleading.

... a "fib".. as in "telling fibs.."

so the function lies .. therefore it does not return a Fibonacci
sequence..

???