Help Documenting Python Syntax

[RJB]

I have been trying to redevelop a syntax page for Python at
http://cse.csusb.edu/dick/samples/python.syntax.html

I would appreciate and encouragement or corrections -- because I know
there is at least one gross error in there.

By the way, this is part of a suite of language definitions... going
back to the 1960's

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[Terry Reedy]

I have been trying to redevelop a syntax page for Python at
http://cse.csusb.edu/dick/samples/python.syntax.html

Page does not load correctly; had to hit refresh to get entire page.
It should specify that this is the syntax for Python 2.5. To me "the
Python language" is 3.2.

 

[Grant Edwards]

Page does not load correctly; had to hit refresh to get entire page.
It should specify that this is the syntax for Python 2.5. To me "the
Python language" is 3.2.

Nope. I just checked, and it's 2.6.5:

$ python
Python 2.6.5 (release26-maint, Aug 9 2010, 11:06:44)



My question is why bother with 2.5?

I would think the logical choices would be 3.2 or 2.7 (or maybe 2.6).

 

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

My question is why bother with 2.5?

In mitigation, your honour, let me plead that the latest Debian Stable still
ships with that version.

 

[RJB]

Nope.  I just checked, and it's 2.6.5:

  $ python
  Python 2.6.5 (release26-maint, Aug  9 2010, 11:06:44)



My question is why bother with 2.5?

I would think the logical choices would be 3.2 or 2.7 (or maybe 2.6).

I'm working from some grammars I've found on the web plus experiments.
RJB