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Re:Learn by reading code: Python standard library design dec... by lifeisstillgood on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:15AM (#27686523)
I try and get my mentorees (is that a word?) to read and write up their "favourite" python modules - just for the exercise in reading and style.

I ought to do more of it but I think this ought to become a thing - a sort of nutshell guide to different modules.

I think this should be something between the manual and pymotw

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Re:Learn by reading code: Python standard library design dec... by BostonFern on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @07:08AM (#27687145)
Maybe they're your proteges?
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Re:Learn by reading code: Python standard library design dec... by occamrazor on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @07:22AM (#27687223)
The word is _mentee_.
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Re:Learn by reading code: Python standard library design dec... by SonOfLilit on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:30AM (#27686602)
Mentees :)
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Re:Learn by reading code: Python standard library design dec... by omnicognate on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @05:49AM (#27686690)
Mentee is the correct word in modern usage, but Mentoree would arguably be more "correct" etymologically in that Mentor is a proper noun that has been "verbed" [1], not "one who ments".

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentor_(Odyssey)

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Re:Learn by reading code: Python standard library design dec... by mattikl on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @06:19AM (#27686838)
It's so easy to lose focus when reading code just for learning. Writing about that code is a good way to keep the focus and dig deeper.
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Re:Learn by reading code: Python standard library design dec... by fatsdomino001 on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @09:34AM (#27688320)
The word you're looking for is manatees: large aquatic mammals, mostly herbivorous.
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Re:Learn by reading code: Python standard library design dec... by lifeisstillgood on Thursday July 01, 2021 @01:38PM (#27701926)
I have to get them all name badges now :-)
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