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Book:   Python in a Nutshell
Subject:   great update, but poor index
Date:   2008-03-11 08:25:23
From:   Dan Halbert
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

The text of this book is wonderful. I used the first edition extensively and the second edition expands to cover new material as necessary.


Unfortunately, the size of the index has been greatly reduced in the second edition, from 66 pages in the first edition to 19 in the second. This makes the index close to useless. Try to look up "list comprehension", for instance. I have resorted to scanning the table of contents instead.

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"...a compact--but exceptionally comprehensive--guide."
--Major Keary, Book News

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