Re: [Tutor] Python Documentation Clarification

2010-07-12 Thread Alan Gauld
"Huy Ton That" wrote Just not grokking it correctly and I can't seem to track down where the documentation formatting is defined within the python.org documentation... It is confusing I agree, but the style goes back to the dawn of computing - certainly further back than me! I remember seei

Re: [Tutor] Python Documentation Clarification

2010-07-12 Thread Huy Ton That
Proverbial Ah-ha moment all. This clarifies things greatly (: Thanks you all!! On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Nick Raptis wrote: > > >> compile(source, filename, mode[, flags[, dont_inherit]]) >> >> I see within this built in function, the first argument can be what they >> define as source,

Re: [Tutor] Python Documentation Clarification

2010-07-12 Thread David Hutto
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Huy Ton That wrote: > This is going to sound silly, but I realized there are some areas within the > documentation that do not make absolute sense to me. > e.g. > compile(source, filename, mode[, flags[, dont_inherit]]) > I see within this built in function, the f

Re: [Tutor] Python Documentation Clarification

2010-07-12 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 12/07/2010 15:49, Huy Ton That wrote: This is going to sound silly, but I realized there are some areas within the documentation that do not make absolute sense to me. e.g. compile(source, filename, mode[, flags[, dont_inherit]]) I see within this built in function, the first argument can b

Re: [Tutor] Python Documentation Clarification

2010-07-12 Thread Nick Raptis
compile(source, filename, mode[, flags[, dont_inherit]]) I see within this built in function, the first argument can be what they define as source, the second argument as the filename and the third as the mode. But what confuses me is sometimes I see a bracket, above as [, flags[, dont_in

Re: [Tutor] Python Documentation Clarification

2010-07-12 Thread Adam Bark
On 12 July 2010 15:49, Huy Ton That wrote: > This is going to sound silly, but I realized there are some areas within > the documentation that do not make absolute sense to me. > > e.g. > > compile(source, filename, mode[, flags[, dont_inherit]]) > > I see within this built in function, the first

[Tutor] Python Documentation Clarification

2010-07-12 Thread Huy Ton That
This is going to sound silly, but I realized there are some areas within the documentation that do not make absolute sense to me. e.g. compile(source, filename, mode[, flags[, dont_inherit]]) I see within this built in function, the first argument can be what they define as source, the second ar