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On 17/06/2013 15:41, rurpy@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> It is NOT a matter of simply reading the documentation.
> I have posted here several times as have many others about
> some of the problems the documentation has, especially for
> people who don't already know Python.
>

It's extremely easy to change the Python documentation, either raise an 
issue on the bug tracker or send an email to IIRC docs at python dot 
org.  The fastest time I've ever seen between an issue being raised and 
the change being implemented was literally minutes.  If that isn't good 
enough, put up or shut up.

-- 
"Steve is going for the pink ball - and for those of you who are 
watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green." Snooker 
commentator 'Whispering' Ted Lowe.

Mark Lawrence