In the Tutorial, section 9.1, the second paragraph
(starting with "I also have to warn you") is obsolete -
integers and list are now instances of <type 'int'> and
<type 'list'> if I understand correctly.

For a brief discussion on c.l.python see
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&threadm=ad052e5c.0411150401.2b215499%40posting.google.com&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26c2coff%3D1%26group%3Dcomp.lang.python

Kent