[issue26997] Docs for pdb should note that __future__ magic doesn't work
New submission from Martin Jones: when debugging a program at the pdb prompt, attempting to import from the __future__ module appears successful, but actually doesn't work: (Pdb) from __future__ import division (Pdb) 2/3 0 This leads to inconsistencies between statements evaluated on the pdb prompt and those evaluated in the program, which can hamper debugging. It would be good to have a note added to the 2.7 documentation for pdb along the lines of: Note: importing from the __future__ module does not work under pdb. -- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 265300 nosy: Martin Jones, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Docs for pdb should note that __future__ magic doesn't work type: enhancement versions: Python 2.7 ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue26997> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
Re: Learning new APIs/classes (beginner question)
On Apr 7, 1:52 am, Steven D'Aprano steve +comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info wrote: Sounds like this library is documented the same way most third party libraries are: as an afterthought, by somebody who is so familiar with the software that he cannot imagine why anyone might actually need documentation. I feel your pain. Thanks Steven, I suspected this might be the case, but wasn't sure if I was missing something obvious. Maybe I'll start on a different project using better-documented or just the build-in libraries. Many thanks, Martin. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Learning new APIs/classes (beginner question)
In a nutshell: My question is: how do experienced coders learn about external/third-party classes/APIs? I'm teaching myself Python through a combination of Hetland's 'Beginning Python', various online tutorials and some past experience coding ASP/VBScript. To start to learn Python I've set myself the task of coding a viewer/editor for Google Contacts and Google Calendar, mainly because I've been experiencing some synchronisation anomalies lately. This has so far entailed getting into Google's Contacts API. Although they give some examples, my searches haven't been able to pull up anything approaching comprehensive documentation on each class/method. Can anyone experienced advise on how they would usually go about learning to use third party APIs/classes like these? With thanks, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
