[Tutor] Tutor FAQ?

[Alan Gauld]

I suspect the best way to generate a scientific list of FAQ is 
by scanning the subjects in the list archives. But here are 
a few more:

Special function _xxx_ doesn't work - double underscore needed

Lack of indentation or inconsistent indents - inc tabs and spaces

How to name an object based on user input - use a dictionary usually!

How to get an attribute of an object by name - getattr()

How does Python do my favourite PHP/Perl/VB trick
    Various possibilities here

Binding functions to widgets
    ie not using parens after the function name

How do I read the output from a program called via os.system()
    popen, command and the new Popen class

Changing elements in a mutable object changes the object for 
all references

assignment versus equality in x=x+1

That should keep you busy :-)

Alan G.


> Below is what little I slapped together last night. I copied the content
> from the Python tutor mailman page for the first question. 
> 

> Here's some of the FAQs that I came across scanning the list:
> 
> ord and chr
> parsing html beautifulsoup
> editors/ides
> getters and setters
> regex match and find
> maxtrix operations
> how do I make an exe out of a python script 
> books 
> what should I program?
> unicode/encoding 
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
>