Learning more about "The Python Way"

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Kalle Anke wrote:
> Those who have read my posts today have probably understood that I'm 
> not a "true" Python programmer ... but I want to learn more (I think 
> that Python is rather fun).
> 
> I've read "Learning Python" pretty thoroughly, I've looked at some of 
> the tutorials, some of online documentation, etc. But I still miss a 
> lot of pieces for writing good python code, idioms, advanced 
> usage/features, etc.
> 
> I've also seen a lot of references to v3, but I haven't found any 
> real documentation of what's planned for that version.
> 
> So, I'm looking for advice/information on:
> 
> + How to write "proper" python code instead of 
>   Java/Perl/C/C++/Pascal/Modula-2/etc inspired code
> 
> + The more advanced parts/uses of Python
> 
> + Discussions about the ideas behind different Python
>   constructs
> 
> + What's going to happen with v3
> 
> I would really appriciate some pointers to where I can find info 
> about this. Web sites (I've looked at python.org but haven't manage 
> to find the stuff of what I'm looking for ... but perhaps I've missed 
> all the interesting parts) ? Books (I've got 'Learning Python' and 
> 'Programming Python')? Other things?
> 
>                      jem
> 
> 

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