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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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  • Julie Steele photo Re: great update, but poor index,  March 21 2008
    Submitted by Julie Steele | O'Reilly AuthorO'Reilly Blogger   [Respond | View]

    Thanks for your review of the book, and for bringing to our attention your experience with the index. We are aware that many readers rely heavily on Python in a Nutshell as an important reference and we wish to facilitate such use as best we can.

    To that end, we will try to include an expanded index with the next reprint of the book; certainly you can expect to see one with the next edition.

    Thanks again for sharing your thoughts with us.
 
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