Learning Python
by Mark Lutz & David Ascher


Following are the changes made in the 1/00 reprint:


{108} Last paragraph, last sentence:
	"assigns toast and eggs"
now reads:
	"assigns toast and ham"


{148} Table 5-1, row 3, column 1:
	"from mod import" now reads "from mod import *" 
(added the star) 


(149) 1st line:
	"reads" now reads "opens"


(153) end of comment in example in mid page: 
In "# self is the instance", last 2 letters no longer in bold type.


(177) paragraph 2, sentence 2: 
	"...in each class that it lists in its header line." 
now reads:
	"...for each class that includes Lister in its header line."


{205} Code near end of "Why You Will Care" box:
changed:
       def dostuff();        
           ...
           doLastThing();   
to:
       def doStuff():
           ...
           doLastThing()

Last paragraph, 1st sentence:
"there's no ned" now reads "there's no need"


{220} Entry for "tuple(seq)" now reads "Returns the tuple version..."

Example of ord(c) now shows ord('A') value as 65.


{227} under "Regular Expressions:"
"The character * means ..." now reads "The character + means ..."


{234} 
        os.path.walk('..', test_walk, 'show'
now reads:
        os.path.walk('..', test_walk, 'show')


{253} 2nd line from top:
 	"output.py" now reads "output.txt" 


(257) 2nd paragraph from bottom, line 3:
	"are just as fast" now reads "are probably faster."


(258) Last paragraph, 1st word:
 	"Using" is now in normal font.


{259} in example at top:
       os.system('/usr/bin/mail ... < %(tempfile)s' ... )
now reads:
       os.system('/usr/bin/mail ... < %(tempfilename)s' ... )


{261} Last paragraph, 2nd line from bottom:
	"text from the string str"
now reads:
	"text from the StringIO object str"


{278} code section for class FormData
	"def __init__(self, formdict)" 
now reads 
	"def __init__(self, form)"


{281} Deleted space between "FormData." and "__init__" in second text
    paragraph. 


{288} code near bottom:
	from tkinter import mainloop
now reads:
	from Tkinter import mainloop


{290} code at top:
added line:
	self.listbox.bind('<ButtonRelease-1>', self.select)
after line 6.


{292} beginning of last paragraph:
	"self-select" now reads "self.select"


{293} extra paren in program code near top of page:
        string.replace(labelstr, '\r'), '')
now reads:
        string.replace(labelstr, '\r', '')


{296} 5th line of code:
added a single quote before "This"


(325) 1st paragraph, last line:
	"Conifg" now reads "Config"

Last column of last row of table B-1: 
	Changed the contact point for the maintainer of the Python port 
	on VxWorks, Jeff Stearns, to read
    	"mailto:jeffstearns@home.com"


{352} end of solution 4: 
used to read:
          def word(self, index):
    return self.words[index]

now reads:

          def word(self, index):
              return self.words[index]   # properly indented!


{356} solution #2: 
used to read:
          print "Got comment from %(name)s, skipping printing." % vars(data)

now reads:
          print "Got comment from %(name)s, skipping printing." % \
                vars(data)


 solution #3: 
used to read:
                      	# code from existing program, up to
        graphics.fillPolygon(xs, ys, len(xs))

now reads:  (left aligned!)
   
	 		# code from existing program, up to 
			graphics.fillPolygon(xs, ys, len(xs))

(365) index: 
Deleted the "sys.path dictionary" entry and added its page number 
(139) to the entry for "sys.path" immediately above.