Python Documentation (should be better?)

[Terry Reedy]

"Sébastien Boisgérault" <Sebastien.Boisgerault at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1115841659.470657.33320 at o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>
> "Manual" == scope of the *Lib Reference* + informal style of the
> *Tutorial*,

You, as well as the OP, left out the Language Reference, which is the 
manual (by me definition) for the language itself.  Chapter 2 of the Lib 
Reference on builtin types and functions is essential also and should be 
read in its entirety.  The rest, to me, is 'need to know' reading, 
especially since the addition of string methods.

> Consider non-official manuals such as:
>    + http://diveintopython.org/toc/index.html (free)
>    + python in a nutshell
>    + python cookbook
>    + etc.

Yes, these and others (the etc) are helpful too, and should not be 
discounted just because they are maintained independently of the core 
developer group.

Terry J. Reedy