[SciPy-user] What can be improved ?

[Stef Mientki]

Robert Kern wrote:
> Stef Mientki wrote:
>   
>> - use CSV, yes but how should I've known ?
>> I think (and it's mentioned before by others) this is one of the major 
>> problems of Python,
>> "where should I find something ?". I've read the book "Learning Python", 
>> but nothing is mentioned about CSV :-(
>>     
>
> _Learning Python_ is an old book. If you want a dead-tree book that is more or
> less up-to-date and covers much of the standard library, go for _Python in a
> Nutshell_ or the third edition of _Python Essential Reference_.
>   
aha, the same remark as Gael.
I'll try to get my hands on one of the new books.
>   
>> I sometimes look at the official Python guide of Guido van Rossum (not 
>> this time ;-), but there's no printable version of it.
>> I wonder if there isn't some kind of program that can create an PDF file 
>> from such a site.
>> It looks like the early days of Delphi, in that time you had about 10 
>> different sites, each containing different kinds of information,
>> none of them was complete. Nowadays, there is just 1 site for Delphi 
>> (http:\\www.torry.net\) where everything of Delphi can be found very 
>> easily (both freeware and commercial).
>> btw MatLab also has 1 site, where everything can be found, but besides 
>> the annoying log in procedure, it can absolutely not be compared to 
>> Torry's Delphi site !!
>>     
>
> Google for "site:docs.python.org csv", for example.
>   
thanks for the tip,
I'll remember that.

cheers,
Stef