As I remember the webmaster@ discussions, Mats did go so far as to start a re-write of the classes section, but it never got as far as a PR.
Kind regards, Steve On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 5:51 PM Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > Ouch, that's bad. It seems the class tutorial could use an overhaul. > > We might also cut a few areas where we go unnecessarily deep (e.g. > position-only parameters). > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 9:31 AM Mats Wichmann <m...@wichmann.us> wrote: > >> On 11/6/20 9:07 AM, Marco Sulla wrote: >> > I started to learn Python with the tutorial, and two things come into >> my >> > mind: >> > 1. The class section seems quite difficult and intimidating for a >> novel, >> > while classes in Python are really more simple than in other OO >> languages >> >> Indeed - we got some complaints about the class chapter at the >> webmas...@python.org alias a while back. The introductory section >> repeatedly mentions Modula-3 and Smalltalk, languages which more >> recently minted programmers aren't very likely to be familiar with, >> which makes it a bit of a daunting beginning - this is the one chapter >> that could really use a bit of rework, IMO. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ >> Message archived at >> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/B54VI2DN2AYUXJG4SWSW2BMU5OOCIGSX/ >> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >> > > > -- > --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) > *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* > <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/> > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/QRWFPASA6TKQCDSIOUBYU5OGHPFAUXW3/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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