On 2010-11-06, Hrvoje Niksic <hnik...@xemacs.org> wrote: > I don't speak for "Nobody", but to me a reference manual would be a > document intended for the user of the language. The thing for the > language lawyer is something intended for the implementor, or possibly > for the very advanced user who argues with the implementor about > intricacies of behavior. The latter document is also known as the > "specification" or the "standard".
I guess I would think that if such a document cannot be used as a reference, it's not very well done. -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nos...@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated! I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list