Python docs bug

John Roth JohnRoth1 at jhrothjr.com
Thu Jun 29 11:00:09 EDT 2006


Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> One long-standing irritation I have with the table of contents for the
> Python Library Reference <http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html>, is that
> there is one very important section, "String Methods"
> <http://docs.python.org/lib/string-methods.html>, which does not appear
> there. That's because it is section 2.3.6.1, and the table of contents
> only goes to 3 levels.

I've found that to be quite irritating as well.
That's the section I use the most, and I find
it irritating that I have to drill down into the
manual every time to find it.

I wouldn't call it a bug though. I'd call it an
example of pedantry over usability.

John  Roth




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