[Python-ideas] Python docs page: In what ways is None special

David Mertz mertz at gnosis.cx
Mon Jul 23 14:09:00 EDT 2018


I think your description of the uses of None is really great.  There's
definitely no reason it cannot be a blog post immediately, but perhaps at
some later point included in The Python Tutorial.

On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 8:39 AM Jonathan Fine <jfine2358 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Steve
>
> You wrote
>
> > I think your document would be a great blog post. I don't think it is
> > very helpful as part of the standard documention, as it is more a
> > collection of arbitrary facts about None than a coherent "big picture"
> > document.
>
> Thank you. That's nice. However, I think there is, or should be, more
> coherence than you're seeing.
>
> Here's something I forgot to say. For standard documentation I was
> thinking The Python Tutorial.  For example, the Brief Tour.
> https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/stdlib.html
> https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/stdlib2.html
>
> That said, a blog post would be useful stepping stone, and the
> standard documentation later. (Know where your heading, take one step
> at a time.)
>
> Once again, thank you for your comment.
>
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