Understanding Python Documentation

[Simon Brunning]

On 24/11/05, Josh Cronemeyer <joshuacronemeyer at sunflower.com> wrote:
> I have very little experience programming in python but considerable
> experience with java.  One thing that is frustrating me is the differences in
> the documentation style.  Javadocs, at the top level are just a list of
> packages.  Drilling down on a package reveals a list of classes in that
> package, and drilling down on a class reveals a list of methods for that
> class.  Is there something similar for python?
>
> The closest thing I have found to this for python is
> http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.2/modindex.html  which really isn't the same
> thing at all.

I think it is, really. Thing is, Python's standard library is broader
and less nested in structure than Java's, so it stands to reason that
its documetation will be broader and less nested in structure too.

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Simon B,
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