Building Skills In Python - 2.5 Edition

date:2008-01-28 11:24:01 category:Building Skills

I’ve upgraded my Building Skills in Python to cover the 2.5 release.  It didn’t take as long as I’d anticipated.

The new features list for Python 2.5 is mercifully short.  I did a fair amount of reorganization to consolidate some things that had grown or split needlessly.

Changes include

• The if-then-else expression
• The any() and all() functions
• The string partition() method, as well as changes to startswith() and endswith()
• Some changes to the coverage of exceptions
• Changes to the coverage of the yield statement
• A section on the new:strong:with statement
• A complete rewrite of part IV to reflect the new Library Reference organization
• Changes to the coverage of datetime and csv modules.
• Additional material on the Python command-line.
• Additional material on Properties and Descriptors.

That was fun.