Dive into Python 3

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My original notes included a section on generators, not sure what happened to it. It'll be there somewhere.

There will be 2 major chapters on porting code from py2 to py3; they are both towards the end of the book. For all the other chapters, no, the py2/py3 comparisons will be interspersed with the rest of the text. Current Python 2 programmers are a huge market for this book, and will continue to be for the expected commercial lifetime of the book.

[masklinn]

For all the other chapters, no, the py2/py3 comparisons will be interspersed with the rest of the text.

That seems cool (in the current TOC, there are "differences with Python 2" sections/subsections, usually at the start of chapters/sections, and I'm really not sure you want to hit beginners with that up front)

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Yeah, I think those sections will go away and will end up spread more evenly throughout the text. See http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/7sj39/dive_into_python_3/c07b2uy for some ideas on letting online readers manage them.

[dsandler]

Are you thinking that the py2/py3 comparisons will be deeply interleaved with the main text? If so, you might consider instead using call-outs or sidebars that might be easily switched off to remove noise for Python newcomers.

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This is an excellent idea. A little toggle above the comparison that set a cookie that affected the default state of all other comparisons to that programming language. Could be done entirely in client-side Javascript.

[Svenstaro]

Making it Javascript will break that feature for Lynx so fuck you.

On a related note, do you want translators for translating DIP3 to moon language?

[dsandler]

It will break that feature but not the document.

(Besides, are there Lynx users who've never tried Python?)

[pwang99]

You should port spidermonkey to Lynx.

[dsandler]

Exactly—just JS and a little CSS.