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James Lu jamtlu at gmail.com
Thu Nov 14 10:24:25 EST 2019


Where do I go to find a more complete specification for Python? I want to
learn about common semi-internal language features used by popular
libraries, because I am reimplementing Python.

The reference guide says:

> While I am trying to be as precise as possible, I chose to use English
> rather than formal specifications for everything except syntax and lexical
> analysis. This should make the document more understandable to the average
> reader, but will leave room for ambiguities. *Consequently, if you were
> coming from Mars and tried to re-implement Python from this document alone,
> you might have to guess things and in fact you would probably end up
> implementing quite a different language. *
>

So I would like some additional help.


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