FWIW, "Learn Python the Hard Way" has the words "beginner" all over the place and is quite obviously not intended to be a reference. This kind of book is des

FWIW, "Learn Python the Hard Way" has the words "beginner" all over the place and is quite obviously not intended to be a reference. This kind of book is designed to offer training and practice for a complete beginner, not to be a knowledge repository for use by an intermediate+ programmer.