From: spamfranke at bigfoot.de (Stefan Franke)
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:47:11 GMT
Subject: New python user seeks comments
References: <m3wvz61tkp.fsf@solo.david-steuber.com>
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On 21 Apr 1999 00:33:10 -0400, David Steuber <trashcan at david-steuber.com> wrote:

>Er, uh, hmm.
>
>I wrote my first Python program today.  It took longer than I
>expected.  Who would have guessed that you couldn't give a file object 
>the name 'in'?  Or at least that was one of the weirder obstacles.

Maybe a reserved keyword-aware editor could have saved you 
from this? You could try IDLE, which comes with the lastest Python 
distribution or PythonWin, if you are using Windows.
There's a very clever Python Emacs mode as well...

Stefan





