Below are the current and official lists of corrections and general notes for this edition of the book:
Only the first of these lists is true errata (corrections). The second and third lists contain clarifications and supplemental information for readers of this book. The first and second lists are items meant to be changed in book reprints, and the third list is essentially a "blog" for this book (or at least the closest thing to one which I have time to manage).
To keep this page from becoming too busy, I've started batching items and moving them off to seperate pages which reflect printings/reprints of the book. At present, each of the three topics listed above has links to two separate pages:
The items in the first two topics listed above (corrections and clarifications) are intended to be patched in future reprints. The first reprint that I know of officially occurred in January, 2010, and had a cutoff for changes on December 15, 2009. Items here labeled with posting dates on or before that cutoff date and posted in the older updates batch pages have been addressed in books printed after that date.
The same will generally hold true for future reprints--items will be fixed in reprints that occur after the item's posting date here. However, a second reprint was run in April, 2010, which did not contain any patches; its content is the same as the January 2010 reprint. The date of a book's printing can be found at the bottom right corner of the inner side of its second page. Because the first reprint was now so long ago, I've moved further details about it off-page.
Update: There was another reprint in August, 2010 (8/2010) which incorporated some but not all of the outstanding items listed on the "newer" post-first-reprint pages below. It appears that only perhaps 1/3 of these items were patched in this reprint, though we're making steady progress on removing typos and adding clarifications over time.
O'Reilly also maintains an unmoderated errata list at its web site which may or may not intersect with my own here, and can contain entries which may or may not reflect genuine errors. Because I don't generally have time to keep the two lists in synch, when in doubt, please consider my list here to be the final word. I try to cut-and-paste the valid items here to the O'Reilly list so that they are generally the same, but this isn't guaranteed.
I receive automatic email about posts at O'Reilly's site, but you may also send reports to me directly by emailing lutz@rmi.net. Reader feedback has played a major role in improving this book over the years, and I genuinely appreciate any and all comments.
This section lists book errata to be repaired in future reprints. It is ordered by page number and labeled with reporting date. [Reprints: be sure to also check the clarifications lists later on this page for additional changes; most items there require edits too.]
As described above, items have been batched to reflect printings and reprints, and moved to separate pages. Please select the page or pages below that pertain to your book's printing date:
This section lists book clarifications, ordered by page number and labeled with reporting date. These items are intended to be patched or inserted in future reprints, unless begun with the text "[No fix required]".
As described above, items have been batched to reflect printings and reprints, and moved to separate pages. Please select the page or pages below that pertain to your book's printing date:
This following sections provide general book notes and supplements for readers of this book (a sort of informal blog). They are ordered in no particular way, but the entries are labeled with reporting date.
As described above, items have been batched to reflect printings and reprints, and moved to separate pages. Please select the page or pages below that pertain to your book's printing date:
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