Python Standard Library Review

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Book:		Python Standard Library
Subject:		Python Standard Library Review
Date:		2001-08-16 11:30:36
From:		Joel Burton

Rating: Sadly, far from O'Reilly's best book. It's not quite clear what the author wanted to achieve: it's too thin on the details to be a reference work (plus, it lacks the tables of options, commands, methods, etc.) to make it referential; it's not focused on teaching concepts. I'm a disappointed buyer. If I were asked to recommend a good book on Python's library, I'd recommend _Python:_The Essential_Reference_, by New Riders. (It does seem that O'Reilly is working on Python In a Nutshell, though, and if that's as good as Perl in a Nutshell, it would be great !)