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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.7.html#pep-378-format-specifier-for-thousands-separator">PEP 378: Format Specifier for Thousands Separator</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.7.html#pep-391-dictionary-based-configuration-for-logging">PEP 391: Dictionary-Based Configuration For Logging</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.7.html#updated-module-elementtree-1-3">Updated module: ElementTree 1.3</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.7.html#new-features-added-to-python-2-7-maintenance-releases">New Features Added to Python 2.7 Maintenance Releases</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.7.html#pep-434-idle-enhancement-exception-for-all-branches">PEP 434: IDLE Enhancement Exception for All Branches</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.7.html#pep-466-network-security-enhancements-for-python-2-7">PEP 466: Network Security Enhancements for Python 2.7</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.7.html#acknowledgements">Acknowledgements</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html">What&#8217;s New in Python 2.6</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#python-3-0">Python 3.0</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#changes-to-the-development-process">Changes to the Development Process</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#new-issue-tracker-roundup">New Issue Tracker: Roundup</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#new-documentation-format-restructuredtext-using-sphinx">New Documentation Format: reStructuredText Using Sphinx</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#pep-343-the-with-statement">PEP 343: The &#8216;with&#8217; statement</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#writing-context-managers">Writing Context Managers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#the-contextlib-module">The contextlib module</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#pep-366-explicit-relative-imports-from-a-main-module">PEP 366: Explicit Relative Imports From a Main Module</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#pep-370-per-user-site-packages-directory">PEP 370: Per-user <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">site-packages</span></tt> Directory</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#pep-371-the-multiprocessing-package">PEP 371: The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">multiprocessing</span></tt> Package</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#pep-3101-advanced-string-formatting">PEP 3101: Advanced String Formatting</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#pep-3110-exception-handling-changes">PEP 3110: Exception-Handling Changes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#pep-3112-byte-literals">PEP 3112: Byte Literals</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#pep-3116-new-i-o-library">PEP 3116: New I/O Library</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#pep-3119-abstract-base-classes">PEP 3119: Abstract Base Classes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#pep-3127-integer-literal-support-and-syntax">PEP 3127: Integer Literal Support and Syntax</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#pep-3129-class-decorators">PEP 3129: Class Decorators</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#pep-3141-a-type-hierarchy-for-numbers">PEP 3141: A Type Hierarchy for Numbers</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#the-fractions-module">The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fractions</span></tt> Module</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#new-and-improved-modules">New and Improved Modules</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#the-ast-module">The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ast</span></tt> module</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#the-future-builtins-module">The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">future_builtins</span></tt> module</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#the-json-module-javascript-object-notation">The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">json</span></tt> module: JavaScript Object Notation</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.6.html#acknowledgements">Acknowledgements</a></li>
</ul>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html">What&#8217;s New in Python 2.5</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#pep-308-conditional-expressions">PEP 308: Conditional Expressions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#pep-309-partial-function-application">PEP 309: Partial Function Application</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#pep-314-metadata-for-python-software-packages-v1-1">PEP 314: Metadata for Python Software Packages v1.1</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#pep-328-absolute-and-relative-imports">PEP 328: Absolute and Relative Imports</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#pep-338-executing-modules-as-scripts">PEP 338: Executing Modules as Scripts</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#pep-341-unified-try-except-finally">PEP 341: Unified try/except/finally</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#pep-342-new-generator-features">PEP 342: New Generator Features</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#pep-343-the-with-statement">PEP 343: The &#8216;with&#8217; statement</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#writing-context-managers">Writing Context Managers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#the-contextlib-module">The contextlib module</a></li>
</ul>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#pep-352-exceptions-as-new-style-classes">PEP 352: Exceptions as New-Style Classes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#pep-353-using-ssize-t-as-the-index-type">PEP 353: Using ssize_t as the index type</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#pep-357-the-index-method">PEP 357: The &#8216;__index__&#8217; method</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#other-language-changes">Other Language Changes</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#optimizations">Optimizations</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#new-improved-and-removed-modules">New, Improved, and Removed Modules</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#the-ctypes-package">The ctypes package</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#the-elementtree-package">The ElementTree package</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#the-hashlib-package">The hashlib package</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#the-sqlite3-package">The sqlite3 package</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#the-wsgiref-package">The wsgiref package</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#build-and-c-api-changes">Build and C API Changes</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#port-specific-changes">Port-Specific Changes</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#porting-to-python-2-5">Porting to Python 2.5</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.5.html#acknowledgements">Acknowledgements</a></li>
</ul>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html">What&#8217;s New in Python 2.4</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#pep-218-built-in-set-objects">PEP 218: Built-In Set Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#pep-237-unifying-long-integers-and-integers">PEP 237: Unifying Long Integers and Integers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#pep-289-generator-expressions">PEP 289: Generator Expressions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#pep-292-simpler-string-substitutions">PEP 292: Simpler String Substitutions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#pep-318-decorators-for-functions-and-methods">PEP 318: Decorators for Functions and Methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#pep-322-reverse-iteration">PEP 322: Reverse Iteration</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#pep-324-new-subprocess-module">PEP 324: New subprocess Module</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#pep-327-decimal-data-type">PEP 327: Decimal Data Type</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#why-is-decimal-needed">Why is Decimal needed?</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#the-decimal-type">The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Decimal</span></tt> type</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#the-context-type">The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Context</span></tt> type</a></li>
</ul>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#pep-328-multi-line-imports">PEP 328: Multi-line Imports</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#pep-331-locale-independent-float-string-conversions">PEP 331: Locale-Independent Float/String Conversions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#other-language-changes">Other Language Changes</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#optimizations">Optimizations</a></li>
</ul>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#new-improved-and-deprecated-modules">New, Improved, and Deprecated Modules</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#cookielib">cookielib</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#doctest">doctest</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#build-and-c-api-changes">Build and C API Changes</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#port-specific-changes">Port-Specific Changes</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#porting-to-python-2-4">Porting to Python 2.4</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.4.html#acknowledgements">Acknowledgements</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.3.html">What&#8217;s New in Python 2.3</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.3.html#pep-218-a-standard-set-datatype">PEP 218: A Standard Set Datatype</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.3.html#pep-255-simple-generators">PEP 255: Simple Generators</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.3.html#pep-263-source-code-encodings">PEP 263: Source Code Encodings</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.3.html#pep-273-importing-modules-from-zip-archives">PEP 273: Importing Modules from ZIP Archives</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.3.html#pep-277-unicode-file-name-support-for-windows-nt">PEP 277: Unicode file name support for Windows NT</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.3.html#pep-278-universal-newline-support">PEP 278: Universal Newline Support</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.3.html#pep-279-enumerate">PEP 279: enumerate()</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.3.html#pep-282-the-logging-package">PEP 282: The logging Package</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.3.html#pep-285-a-boolean-type">PEP 285: A Boolean Type</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="whatsnew/2.3.html#pep-293-codec-error-handling-callbacks">PEP 293: Codec Error Handling Callbacks</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/index.html">The Python Tutorial</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/appetite.html">1. Whetting Your Appetite</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/interpreter.html">2. Using the Python Interpreter</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/interpreter.html#invoking-the-interpreter">2.1. Invoking the Interpreter</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/interpreter.html#argument-passing">2.1.1. Argument Passing</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/interpreter.html#interactive-mode">2.1.2. Interactive Mode</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/interpreter.html#the-interpreter-and-its-environment">2.2. The Interpreter and Its Environment</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/interpreter.html#source-code-encoding">2.2.1. Source Code Encoding</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/introduction.html">3. An Informal Introduction to Python</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/introduction.html#using-python-as-a-calculator">3.1. Using Python as a Calculator</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/introduction.html#numbers">3.1.1. Numbers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/introduction.html#strings">3.1.2. Strings</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/introduction.html#lists">3.1.3. Lists</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/introduction.html#first-steps-towards-programming">3.2. First Steps Towards Programming</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/controlflow.html">4. More Control Flow Tools</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/controlflow.html#if-statements">4.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">if</span></tt> Statements</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/controlflow.html#for-statements">4.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">for</span></tt> Statements</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/controlflow.html#the-range-function">4.3. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">range()</span></tt> Function</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/controlflow.html#break-and-continue-statements-and-else-clauses-on-loops">4.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">break</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">continue</span></tt> Statements, and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">else</span></tt> Clauses on Loops</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/controlflow.html#pass-statements">4.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pass</span></tt> Statements</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/controlflow.html#defining-functions">4.6. Defining Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/controlflow.html#more-on-defining-functions">4.7. More on Defining Functions</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/controlflow.html#default-argument-values">4.7.1. Default Argument Values</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/controlflow.html#keyword-arguments">4.7.2. Keyword Arguments</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/controlflow.html#arbitrary-argument-lists">4.7.3. Arbitrary Argument Lists</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/controlflow.html#unpacking-argument-lists">4.7.4. Unpacking Argument Lists</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/controlflow.html#lambda-expressions">4.7.5. Lambda Expressions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/controlflow.html#documentation-strings">4.7.6. Documentation Strings</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/controlflow.html#function-annotations">4.7.7. Function Annotations</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/controlflow.html#intermezzo-coding-style">4.8. Intermezzo: Coding Style</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/datastructures.html">5. Data Structures</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/datastructures.html#more-on-lists">5.1. More on Lists</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/datastructures.html#using-lists-as-stacks">5.1.1. Using Lists as Stacks</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/datastructures.html#using-lists-as-queues">5.1.2. Using Lists as Queues</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/datastructures.html#list-comprehensions">5.1.3. List Comprehensions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/datastructures.html#nested-list-comprehensions">5.1.4. Nested List Comprehensions</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/datastructures.html#the-del-statement">5.2. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">del</span></tt> statement</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/datastructures.html#tuples-and-sequences">5.3. Tuples and Sequences</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/datastructures.html#sets">5.4. Sets</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/datastructures.html#dictionaries">5.5. Dictionaries</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/datastructures.html#looping-techniques">5.6. Looping Techniques</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/datastructures.html#more-on-conditions">5.7. More on Conditions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/datastructures.html#comparing-sequences-and-other-types">5.8. Comparing Sequences and Other Types</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/modules.html">6. Modules</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/modules.html#more-on-modules">6.1. More on Modules</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/modules.html#executing-modules-as-scripts">6.1.1. Executing modules as scripts</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/modules.html#the-module-search-path">6.1.2. The Module Search Path</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/modules.html#compiled-python-files">6.1.3. &#8220;Compiled&#8221; Python files</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/modules.html#standard-modules">6.2. Standard Modules</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/modules.html#the-dir-function">6.3. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">dir()</span></tt> Function</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/modules.html#packages">6.4. Packages</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/modules.html#importing-from-a-package">6.4.1. Importing * From a Package</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/modules.html#intra-package-references">6.4.2. Intra-package References</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/modules.html#packages-in-multiple-directories">6.4.3. Packages in Multiple Directories</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/inputoutput.html">7. Input and Output</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/inputoutput.html#fancier-output-formatting">7.1. Fancier Output Formatting</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/inputoutput.html#old-string-formatting">7.1.1. Old string formatting</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/inputoutput.html#reading-and-writing-files">7.2. Reading and Writing Files</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/inputoutput.html#methods-of-file-objects">7.2.1. Methods of File Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/inputoutput.html#saving-structured-data-with-json">7.2.2. Saving structured data with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">json</span></tt></a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/errors.html">8. Errors and Exceptions</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/errors.html#syntax-errors">8.1. Syntax Errors</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/errors.html#exceptions">8.2. Exceptions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/errors.html#handling-exceptions">8.3. Handling Exceptions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/errors.html#raising-exceptions">8.4. Raising Exceptions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/errors.html#user-defined-exceptions">8.5. User-defined Exceptions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/errors.html#defining-clean-up-actions">8.6. Defining Clean-up Actions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/errors.html#predefined-clean-up-actions">8.7. Predefined Clean-up Actions</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/classes.html">9. Classes</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/classes.html#a-word-about-names-and-objects">9.1. A Word About Names and Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/classes.html#python-scopes-and-namespaces">9.2. Python Scopes and Namespaces</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/classes.html#scopes-and-namespaces-example">9.2.1. Scopes and Namespaces Example</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/classes.html#a-first-look-at-classes">9.3. A First Look at Classes</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/classes.html#class-definition-syntax">9.3.1. Class Definition Syntax</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/classes.html#class-objects">9.3.2. Class Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/classes.html#instance-objects">9.3.3. Instance Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/classes.html#method-objects">9.3.4. Method Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/classes.html#class-and-instance-variables">9.3.5. Class and Instance Variables</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/classes.html#random-remarks">9.4. Random Remarks</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/classes.html#inheritance">9.5. Inheritance</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/classes.html#multiple-inheritance">9.5.1. Multiple Inheritance</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/classes.html#private-variables">9.6. Private Variables</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/stdlib2.html">11. Brief Tour of the Standard Library &#8211; Part II</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/floatingpoint.html">14. Floating Point Arithmetic:  Issues and Limitations</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/floatingpoint.html#representation-error">14.1. Representation Error</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/appendix.html">15. Appendix</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/appendix.html#interactive-mode">15.1. Interactive Mode</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/appendix.html#executable-python-scripts">15.1.2. Executable Python Scripts</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/appendix.html#the-interactive-startup-file">15.1.3. The Interactive Startup File</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="tutorial/appendix.html#the-customization-modules">15.1.4. The Customization Modules</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="using/index.html">Python Setup and Usage</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="using/unix.html#on-linux">2.1.1. On Linux</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="using/unix.html#building-python">2.2. Building Python</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="using/unix.html#miscellaneous">2.4. Miscellaneous</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="using/windows.html#python-launcher-for-windows">3.4. Python Launcher for Windows</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="using/windows.html#getting-started">3.4.1. Getting started</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="using/windows.html#shebang-lines">3.4.2. Shebang Lines</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="using/windows.html#customizing-default-python-versions">3.4.4.2. Customizing default Python versions</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="using/windows.html#diagnostics">3.4.5. Diagnostics</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="using/windows.html#additional-modules">3.5. Additional modules</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="using/windows.html#compiling-python-on-windows">3.6. Compiling Python on Windows</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="using/mac.html#how-to-run-a-python-script">4.1.1. How to run a Python script</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="using/mac.html#the-ide">4.2. The IDE</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/index.html">The Python Language Reference</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/introduction.html">1. Introduction</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/lexical_analysis.html">2. Lexical analysis</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/lexical_analysis.html#line-structure">2.1. Line structure</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/lexical_analysis.html#physical-lines">2.1.2. Physical lines</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/lexical_analysis.html#comments">2.1.3. Comments</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/lexical_analysis.html#explicit-line-joining">2.1.5. Explicit line joining</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/lexical_analysis.html#implicit-line-joining">2.1.6. Implicit line joining</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/lexical_analysis.html#blank-lines">2.1.7. Blank lines</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/lexical_analysis.html#other-tokens">2.2. Other tokens</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/lexical_analysis.html#literals">2.4. Literals</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/lexical_analysis.html#operators">2.5. Operators</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/datamodel.html#basic-customization">3.3.1. Basic customization</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/datamodel.html#implementing-descriptors">3.3.2.1. Implementing Descriptors</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/datamodel.html#customizing-class-creation">3.3.3. Customizing class creation</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/datamodel.html#determining-the-appropriate-metaclass">3.3.3.1. Determining the appropriate metaclass</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/datamodel.html#creating-the-class-object">3.3.3.4. Creating the class object</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/datamodel.html#customizing-instance-and-subclass-checks">3.3.4. Customizing instance and subclass checks</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/executionmodel.html#exceptions">4.2. Exceptions</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/import.html#searching">5.3. Searching</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/import.html#loaders">5.4.1. Loaders</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/import.html#import-related-module-attributes">5.4.3. Import-related module attributes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/import.html#module-path">5.4.4. module.__path__</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/import.html#module-reprs">5.4.5. Module reprs</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/import.html#the-path-based-finder">5.5. The Path Based Finder</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/import.html#path-entry-finders">5.5.1. Path entry finders</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/import.html#path-entry-finder-protocol">5.5.2. Path entry finder protocol</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/import.html#replacing-the-standard-import-system">5.6. Replacing the standard import system</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/import.html#special-considerations-for-main">5.7. Special considerations for __main__</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/import.html#main-spec">5.7.1. __main__.__spec__</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/import.html#open-issues">5.8. Open issues</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/import.html#references">5.9. References</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html">6. Expressions</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#arithmetic-conversions">6.1. Arithmetic conversions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#atoms">6.2. Atoms</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#atom-identifiers">6.2.1. Identifiers (Names)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#literals">6.2.2. Literals</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#parenthesized-forms">6.2.3. Parenthesized forms</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#displays-for-lists-sets-and-dictionaries">6.2.4. Displays for lists, sets and dictionaries</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#list-displays">6.2.5. List displays</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#set-displays">6.2.6. Set displays</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#dictionary-displays">6.2.7. Dictionary displays</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#generator-expressions">6.2.8. Generator expressions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#yield-expressions">6.2.9. Yield expressions</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#generator-iterator-methods">6.2.9.1. Generator-iterator methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#examples">6.2.9.2. Examples</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#primaries">6.3. Primaries</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#attribute-references">6.3.1. Attribute references</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#subscriptions">6.3.2. Subscriptions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#slicings">6.3.3. Slicings</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#calls">6.3.4. Calls</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#the-power-operator">6.4. The power operator</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#unary-arithmetic-and-bitwise-operations">6.5. Unary arithmetic and bitwise operations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#binary-arithmetic-operations">6.6. Binary arithmetic operations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#shifting-operations">6.7. Shifting operations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#binary-bitwise-operations">6.8. Binary bitwise operations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#not-in">6.9. Comparisons</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#boolean-operations">6.10. Boolean operations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#conditional-expressions">6.11. Conditional expressions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#lambda">6.12. Lambdas</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#expression-lists">6.13. Expression lists</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#evaluation-order">6.14. Evaluation order</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/expressions.html#operator-precedence">6.15. Operator precedence</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/simple_stmts.html">7. Simple statements</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/simple_stmts.html#expression-statements">7.1. Expression statements</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/simple_stmts.html#assignment-statements">7.2. Assignment statements</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/simple_stmts.html#augmented-assignment-statements">7.2.1. Augmented assignment statements</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/simple_stmts.html#the-assert-statement">7.3. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">assert</span></tt> statement</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/simple_stmts.html#the-pass-statement">7.4. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pass</span></tt> statement</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/simple_stmts.html#the-del-statement">7.5. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">del</span></tt> statement</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/simple_stmts.html#the-return-statement">7.6. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">return</span></tt> statement</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/simple_stmts.html#the-yield-statement">7.7. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">yield</span></tt> statement</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/simple_stmts.html#the-raise-statement">7.8. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">raise</span></tt> statement</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/simple_stmts.html#the-break-statement">7.9. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">break</span></tt> statement</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/simple_stmts.html#the-continue-statement">7.10. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">continue</span></tt> statement</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/simple_stmts.html#the-import-statement">7.11. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">import</span></tt> statement</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/simple_stmts.html#future-statements">7.11.1. Future statements</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/simple_stmts.html#the-global-statement">7.12. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">global</span></tt> statement</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/simple_stmts.html#the-nonlocal-statement">7.13. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">nonlocal</span></tt> statement</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/compound_stmts.html">8. Compound statements</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/compound_stmts.html#the-if-statement">8.1. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">if</span></tt> statement</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/compound_stmts.html#the-while-statement">8.2. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">while</span></tt> statement</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/compound_stmts.html#the-for-statement">8.3. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">for</span></tt> statement</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/compound_stmts.html#the-try-statement">8.4. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">try</span></tt> statement</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/compound_stmts.html#the-with-statement">8.5. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">with</span></tt> statement</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/compound_stmts.html#function-definitions">8.6. Function definitions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/compound_stmts.html#class-definitions">8.7. Class definitions</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/toplevel_components.html">9. Top-level components</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/toplevel_components.html#complete-python-programs">9.1. Complete Python programs</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/toplevel_components.html#file-input">9.2. File input</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/toplevel_components.html#interactive-input">9.3. Interactive input</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/toplevel_components.html#expression-input">9.4. Expression input</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="reference/grammar.html">10. Full Grammar specification</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="library/index.html">The Python Standard Library</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/intro.html">1. Introduction</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/functions.html">2. Built-in Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/constants.html">3. Built-in Constants</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/constants.html#constants-added-by-the-site-module">3.1. Constants added by the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">site</span></tt> module</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html">4. Built-in Types</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#truth-value-testing">4.1. Truth Value Testing</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#boolean-operations-and-or-not">4.2. Boolean Operations &#8212; <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">and</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">or</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">not</span></tt></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#comparisons">4.3. Comparisons</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#numeric-types-int-float-complex">4.4. Numeric Types &#8212; <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">int</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">float</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">complex</span></tt></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#bitwise-operations-on-integer-types">4.4.1. Bitwise Operations on Integer Types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#additional-methods-on-integer-types">4.4.2. Additional Methods on Integer Types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#additional-methods-on-float">4.4.3. Additional Methods on Float</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#hashing-of-numeric-types">4.4.4. Hashing of numeric types</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#iterator-types">4.5. Iterator Types</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#generator-types">4.5.1. Generator Types</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#sequence-types-list-tuple-range">4.6. Sequence Types &#8212; <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">list</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tuple</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">range</span></tt></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#common-sequence-operations">4.6.1. Common Sequence Operations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#immutable-sequence-types">4.6.2. Immutable Sequence Types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#mutable-sequence-types">4.6.3. Mutable Sequence Types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#lists">4.6.4. Lists</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#tuples">4.6.5. Tuples</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#ranges">4.6.6. Ranges</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#text-sequence-type-str">4.7. Text Sequence Type &#8212; <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">str</span></tt></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#string-methods">4.7.1. String Methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#printf-style-string-formatting">4.7.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">printf</span></tt>-style String Formatting</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#binary-sequence-types-bytes-bytearray-memoryview">4.8. Binary Sequence Types &#8212; <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bytes</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bytearray</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">memoryview</span></tt></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#bytes">4.8.1. Bytes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#bytearray-objects">4.8.2. Bytearray Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#bytes-and-bytearray-operations">4.8.3. Bytes and Bytearray Operations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#memory-views">4.8.4. Memory Views</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#set-types-set-frozenset">4.9. Set Types &#8212; <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">set</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">frozenset</span></tt></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#mapping-types-dict">4.10. Mapping Types &#8212; <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">dict</span></tt></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#dictionary-view-objects">4.10.1. Dictionary view objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#context-manager-types">4.11. Context Manager Types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#other-built-in-types">4.12. Other Built-in Types</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#modules">4.12.1. Modules</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#classes-and-class-instances">4.12.2. Classes and Class Instances</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#functions">4.12.3. Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#methods">4.12.4. Methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#code-objects">4.12.5. Code Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#type-objects">4.12.6. Type Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#the-null-object">4.12.7. The Null Object</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#the-ellipsis-object">4.12.8. The Ellipsis Object</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#the-notimplemented-object">4.12.9. The NotImplemented Object</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#boolean-values">4.12.10. Boolean Values</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#internal-objects">4.12.11. Internal Objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stdtypes.html#special-attributes">4.13. Special Attributes</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/exceptions.html">5. Built-in Exceptions</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/exceptions.html#base-classes">5.1. Base classes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/exceptions.html#concrete-exceptions">5.2. Concrete exceptions</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/exceptions.html#os-exceptions">5.2.1. OS exceptions</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/exceptions.html#warnings">5.3. Warnings</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/exceptions.html#exception-hierarchy">5.4. Exception hierarchy</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/text.html">6. Text Processing Services</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/string.html">6.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">string</span></tt> &#8212; Common string operations</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/string.html#string-constants">6.1.1. String constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/string.html#string-formatting">6.1.2. String Formatting</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/string.html#format-string-syntax">6.1.3. Format String Syntax</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/string.html#format-specification-mini-language">6.1.3.1. Format Specification Mini-Language</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/string.html#format-examples">6.1.3.2. Format examples</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/string.html#template-strings">6.1.4. Template strings</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/string.html#helper-functions">6.1.5. Helper functions</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/re.html">6.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">re</span></tt> &#8212; Regular expression operations</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/re.html#regular-expression-syntax">6.2.1. Regular Expression Syntax</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/re.html#module-contents">6.2.2. Module Contents</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/re.html#regular-expression-objects">6.2.3. Regular Expression Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/re.html#match-objects">6.2.4. Match Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/re.html#regular-expression-examples">6.2.5. Regular Expression Examples</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/re.html#checking-for-a-pair">6.2.5.1. Checking for a Pair</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/re.html#simulating-scanf">6.2.5.2. Simulating scanf()</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/re.html#search-vs-match">6.2.5.3. search() vs. match()</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/re.html#making-a-phonebook">6.2.5.4. Making a Phonebook</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/re.html#text-munging">6.2.5.5. Text Munging</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/re.html#finding-all-adverbs">6.2.5.6. Finding all Adverbs</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/re.html#finding-all-adverbs-and-their-positions">6.2.5.7. Finding all Adverbs and their Positions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/re.html#raw-string-notation">6.2.5.8. Raw String Notation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/re.html#writing-a-tokenizer">6.2.5.9. Writing a Tokenizer</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/difflib.html">6.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">difflib</span></tt> &#8212; Helpers for computing deltas</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/difflib.html#sequencematcher-objects">6.3.1. SequenceMatcher Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/difflib.html#sequencematcher-examples">6.3.2. SequenceMatcher Examples</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/difflib.html#differ-objects">6.3.3. Differ Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/difflib.html#differ-example">6.3.4. Differ Example</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/difflib.html#a-command-line-interface-to-difflib">6.3.5. A command-line interface to difflib</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/textwrap.html">6.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">textwrap</span></tt> &#8212; Text wrapping and filling</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/unicodedata.html">6.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">unicodedata</span></tt> &#8212; Unicode Database</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stringprep.html">6.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">stringprep</span></tt> &#8212; Internet String Preparation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/readline.html">6.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">readline</span></tt> &#8212; GNU readline interface</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/readline.html#example">6.7.1. Example</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/rlcompleter.html">6.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">rlcompleter</span></tt> &#8212; Completion function for GNU readline</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/rlcompleter.html#completer-objects">6.8.1. Completer Objects</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/binary.html">7. Binary Data Services</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/struct.html">7.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">struct</span></tt> &#8212; Interpret bytes as packed binary data</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/struct.html#functions-and-exceptions">7.1.1. Functions and Exceptions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/struct.html#format-strings">7.1.2. Format Strings</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/struct.html#byte-order-size-and-alignment">7.1.2.1. Byte Order, Size, and Alignment</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/struct.html#format-characters">7.1.2.2. Format Characters</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/struct.html#examples">7.1.2.3. Examples</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/struct.html#classes">7.1.3. Classes</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html">7.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">codecs</span></tt> &#8212; Codec registry and base classes</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#codec-base-classes">7.2.1. Codec Base Classes</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#codec-objects">7.2.1.1. Codec Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#incrementalencoder-objects">7.2.1.2. IncrementalEncoder Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#incrementaldecoder-objects">7.2.1.3. IncrementalDecoder Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#streamwriter-objects">7.2.1.4. StreamWriter Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#streamreader-objects">7.2.1.5. StreamReader Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#streamreaderwriter-objects">7.2.1.6. StreamReaderWriter Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#streamrecoder-objects">7.2.1.7. StreamRecoder Objects</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#encodings-and-unicode">7.2.2. Encodings and Unicode</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#standard-encodings">7.2.3. Standard Encodings</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#python-specific-encodings">7.2.4. Python Specific Encodings</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#text-encodings">7.2.4.1. Text Encodings</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#binary-transforms">7.2.4.2. Binary Transforms</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#text-transforms">7.2.4.3. Text Transforms</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#module-encodings.idna">7.2.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">encodings.idna</span></tt> &#8212; Internationalized Domain Names in Applications</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#module-encodings.mbcs">7.2.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">encodings.mbcs</span></tt> &#8212; Windows ANSI codepage</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codecs.html#module-encodings.utf_8_sig">7.2.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">encodings.utf_8_sig</span></tt> &#8212; UTF-8 codec with BOM signature</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/datatypes.html">8. Data Types</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/datetime.html">8.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">datetime</span></tt> &#8212; Basic date and time types</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/datetime.html#available-types">8.1.1. Available Types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/datetime.html#timedelta-objects">8.1.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">timedelta</span></tt> Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/datetime.html#date-objects">8.1.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">date</span></tt> Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/datetime.html#datetime-objects">8.1.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">datetime</span></tt> Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/datetime.html#time-objects">8.1.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">time</span></tt> Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/datetime.html#tzinfo-objects">8.1.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tzinfo</span></tt> Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/datetime.html#timezone-objects">8.1.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">timezone</span></tt> Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior">8.1.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">strftime()</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">strptime()</span></tt> Behavior</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/calendar.html">8.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">calendar</span></tt> &#8212; General calendar-related functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/collections.html">8.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">collections</span></tt> &#8212; Container datatypes</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/collections.html#chainmap-objects">8.3.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ChainMap</span></tt> objects</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/collections.html#chainmap-examples-and-recipes">8.3.1.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ChainMap</span></tt> Examples and Recipes</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/collections.html#counter-objects">8.3.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Counter</span></tt> objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/collections.html#deque-objects">8.3.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">deque</span></tt> objects</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/collections.html#deque-recipes">8.3.3.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">deque</span></tt> Recipes</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/collections.html#defaultdict-objects">8.3.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">defaultdict</span></tt> objects</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/collections.html#defaultdict-examples">8.3.4.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">defaultdict</span></tt> Examples</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/collections.html#namedtuple-factory-function-for-tuples-with-named-fields">8.3.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">namedtuple()</span></tt> Factory Function for Tuples with Named Fields</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/collections.html#ordereddict-objects">8.3.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OrderedDict</span></tt> objects</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/collections.html#ordereddict-examples-and-recipes">8.3.6.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">OrderedDict</span></tt> Examples and Recipes</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/collections.html#userdict-objects">8.3.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">UserDict</span></tt> objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/collections.html#userlist-objects">8.3.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">UserList</span></tt> objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/collections.html#userstring-objects">8.3.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">UserString</span></tt> objects</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/collections.abc.html">8.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">collections.abc</span></tt> &#8212; Abstract Base Classes for Containers</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/collections.abc.html#collections-abstract-base-classes">8.4.1. Collections Abstract Base Classes</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/heapq.html">8.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">heapq</span></tt> &#8212; Heap queue algorithm</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/heapq.html#basic-examples">8.5.1. Basic Examples</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/heapq.html#priority-queue-implementation-notes">8.5.2. Priority Queue Implementation Notes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/heapq.html#theory">8.5.3. Theory</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/bisect.html">8.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bisect</span></tt> &#8212; Array bisection algorithm</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/bisect.html#searching-sorted-lists">8.6.1. Searching Sorted Lists</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/bisect.html#other-examples">8.6.2. Other Examples</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/array.html">8.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">array</span></tt> &#8212; Efficient arrays of numeric values</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/weakref.html">8.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">weakref</span></tt> &#8212; Weak references</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/weakref.html#weak-reference-objects">8.8.1. Weak Reference Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/weakref.html#example">8.8.2. Example</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/weakref.html#finalizer-objects">8.8.3. Finalizer Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/weakref.html#comparing-finalizers-with-del-methods">8.8.4. Comparing finalizers with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__del__()</span></tt> methods</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/types.html">8.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">types</span></tt> &#8212; Dynamic type creation and names for built-in types</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/types.html#dynamic-type-creation">8.9.1. Dynamic Type Creation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/types.html#standard-interpreter-types">8.9.2. Standard Interpreter Types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/types.html#additional-utility-classes-and-functions">8.9.3. Additional Utility Classes and Functions</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/copy.html">8.10. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">copy</span></tt> &#8212; Shallow and deep copy operations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pprint.html">8.11. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pprint</span></tt> &#8212; Data pretty printer</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pprint.html#prettyprinter-objects">8.11.1. PrettyPrinter Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pprint.html#example">8.11.2. Example</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/reprlib.html">8.12. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">reprlib</span></tt> &#8212; Alternate <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">repr()</span></tt> implementation</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/reprlib.html#repr-objects">8.12.1. Repr Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/reprlib.html#subclassing-repr-objects">8.12.2. Subclassing Repr Objects</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html">8.13. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">enum</span></tt> &#8212; Support for enumerations</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#module-contents">8.13.1. Module Contents</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#creating-an-enum">8.13.2. Creating an Enum</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#programmatic-access-to-enumeration-members-and-their-attributes">8.13.3. Programmatic access to enumeration members and their attributes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#duplicating-enum-members-and-values">8.13.4. Duplicating enum members and values</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#ensuring-unique-enumeration-values">8.13.5. Ensuring unique enumeration values</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#iteration">8.13.6. Iteration</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#comparisons">8.13.7. Comparisons</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#allowed-members-and-attributes-of-enumerations">8.13.8. Allowed members and attributes of enumerations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#restricted-subclassing-of-enumerations">8.13.9. Restricted subclassing of enumerations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#pickling">8.13.10. Pickling</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#functional-api">8.13.11. Functional API</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#derived-enumerations">8.13.12. Derived Enumerations</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#intenum">8.13.12.1. IntEnum</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#others">8.13.12.2. Others</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#interesting-examples">8.13.13. Interesting examples</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#autonumber">8.13.13.1. AutoNumber</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#orderedenum">8.13.13.2. OrderedEnum</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#duplicatefreeenum">8.13.13.3. DuplicateFreeEnum</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#planet">8.13.13.4. Planet</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#how-are-enums-different">8.13.14. How are Enums different?</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#enum-classes">8.13.14.1. Enum Classes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#enum-members-aka-instances">8.13.14.2. Enum Members (aka instances)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/enum.html#finer-points">8.13.14.3. Finer Points</a></li>
</ul>
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</ul>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/numeric.html">9. Numeric and Mathematical Modules</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/numbers.html">9.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">numbers</span></tt> &#8212; Numeric abstract base classes</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/numbers.html#the-numeric-tower">9.1.1. The numeric tower</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/numbers.html#notes-for-type-implementors">9.1.2. Notes for type implementors</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/numbers.html#adding-more-numeric-abcs">9.1.2.1. Adding More Numeric ABCs</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/numbers.html#implementing-the-arithmetic-operations">9.1.2.2. Implementing the arithmetic operations</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/math.html">9.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">math</span></tt> &#8212; Mathematical functions</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/math.html#number-theoretic-and-representation-functions">9.2.1. Number-theoretic and representation functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/math.html#power-and-logarithmic-functions">9.2.2. Power and logarithmic functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/math.html#trigonometric-functions">9.2.3. Trigonometric functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/math.html#angular-conversion">9.2.4. Angular conversion</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/math.html#hyperbolic-functions">9.2.5. Hyperbolic functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/math.html#special-functions">9.2.6. Special functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/math.html#constants">9.2.7. Constants</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cmath.html">9.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">cmath</span></tt> &#8212; Mathematical functions for complex numbers</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cmath.html#conversions-to-and-from-polar-coordinates">9.3.1. Conversions to and from polar coordinates</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cmath.html#power-and-logarithmic-functions">9.3.2. Power and logarithmic functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cmath.html#trigonometric-functions">9.3.3. Trigonometric functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cmath.html#hyperbolic-functions">9.3.4. Hyperbolic functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cmath.html#classification-functions">9.3.5. Classification functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cmath.html#constants">9.3.6. Constants</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/decimal.html">9.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">decimal</span></tt> &#8212; Decimal fixed point and floating point arithmetic</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/decimal.html#quick-start-tutorial">9.4.1. Quick-start Tutorial</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/decimal.html#decimal-objects">9.4.2. Decimal objects</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/decimal.html#logical-operands">9.4.2.1. Logical operands</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/decimal.html#context-objects">9.4.3. Context objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/decimal.html#constants">9.4.4. Constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/decimal.html#rounding-modes">9.4.5. Rounding modes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/decimal.html#signals">9.4.6. Signals</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/decimal.html#floating-point-notes">9.4.7. Floating Point Notes</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/decimal.html#mitigating-round-off-error-with-increased-precision">9.4.7.1. Mitigating round-off error with increased precision</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/decimal.html#special-values">9.4.7.2. Special values</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/decimal.html#working-with-threads">9.4.8. Working with threads</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/decimal.html#recipes">9.4.9. Recipes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/decimal.html#decimal-faq">9.4.10. Decimal FAQ</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/fractions.html">9.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fractions</span></tt> &#8212; Rational numbers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/random.html">9.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">random</span></tt> &#8212; Generate pseudo-random numbers</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/random.html#notes-on-reproducibility">9.6.1. Notes on Reproducibility</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/random.html#examples-and-recipes">9.6.2. Examples and Recipes</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/statistics.html">9.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">statistics</span></tt> &#8212; Mathematical statistics functions</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/statistics.html#averages-and-measures-of-central-location">9.7.1. Averages and measures of central location</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/statistics.html#measures-of-spread">9.7.2. Measures of spread</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/statistics.html#function-details">9.7.3. Function details</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/statistics.html#exceptions">9.7.4. Exceptions</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/functional.html">10. Functional Programming Modules</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/itertools.html">10.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">itertools</span></tt> &#8212; Functions creating iterators for efficient looping</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/itertools.html#itertool-functions">10.1.1. Itertool functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/itertools.html#itertools-recipes">10.1.2. Itertools Recipes</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/functools.html">10.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">functools</span></tt> &#8212; Higher-order functions and operations on callable objects</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/functools.html#partial-objects">10.2.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">partial</span></tt> Objects</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/operator.html">10.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">operator</span></tt> &#8212; Standard operators as functions</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/operator.html#mapping-operators-to-functions">10.3.1. Mapping Operators to Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/operator.html#inplace-operators">10.3.2. Inplace Operators</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/filesys.html">11. File and Directory Access</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pathlib.html">11.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pathlib</span></tt> &#8212; Object-oriented filesystem paths</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pathlib.html#basic-use">11.1.1. Basic use</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pathlib.html#pure-paths">11.1.2. Pure paths</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pathlib.html#general-properties">11.1.2.1. General properties</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pathlib.html#operators">11.1.2.2. Operators</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pathlib.html#accessing-individual-parts">11.1.2.3. Accessing individual parts</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pathlib.html#methods-and-properties">11.1.2.4. Methods and properties</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pathlib.html#concrete-paths">11.1.3. Concrete paths</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pathlib.html#methods">11.1.3.1. Methods</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/os.path.html">11.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">os.path</span></tt> &#8212; Common pathname manipulations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/fileinput.html">11.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fileinput</span></tt> &#8212; Iterate over lines from multiple input streams</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/stat.html">11.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">stat</span></tt> &#8212; Interpreting <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">stat()</span></tt> results</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/filecmp.html">11.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">filecmp</span></tt> &#8212; File and Directory Comparisons</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/filecmp.html#the-dircmp-class">11.5.1. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">dircmp</span></tt> class</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tempfile.html">11.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tempfile</span></tt> &#8212; Generate temporary files and directories</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tempfile.html#examples">11.6.1. Examples</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/glob.html">11.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">glob</span></tt> &#8212; Unix style pathname pattern expansion</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/fnmatch.html">11.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fnmatch</span></tt> &#8212; Unix filename pattern matching</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/linecache.html">11.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">linecache</span></tt> &#8212; Random access to text lines</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/shutil.html">11.10. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shutil</span></tt> &#8212; High-level file operations</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/shutil.html#directory-and-files-operations">11.10.1. Directory and files operations</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/shutil.html#copytree-example">11.10.1.1. copytree example</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/shutil.html#archiving-operations">11.10.2. Archiving operations</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/shutil.html#archiving-example">11.10.2.1. Archiving example</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/shutil.html#querying-the-size-of-the-output-terminal">11.10.3. Querying the size of the output terminal</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/macpath.html">11.11. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">macpath</span></tt> &#8212; Mac OS 9 path manipulation functions</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/persistence.html">12. Data Persistence</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickle.html">12.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pickle</span></tt> &#8212; Python object serialization</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickle.html#relationship-to-other-python-modules">12.1.1. Relationship to other Python modules</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickle.html#comparison-with-marshal">12.1.1.1. Comparison with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">marshal</span></tt></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickle.html#comparison-with-json">12.1.1.2. Comparison with <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">json</span></tt></a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickle.html#data-stream-format">12.1.2. Data stream format</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickle.html#module-interface">12.1.3. Module Interface</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickle.html#what-can-be-pickled-and-unpickled">12.1.4. What can be pickled and unpickled?</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickle.html#pickling-class-instances">12.1.5. Pickling Class Instances</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickle.html#persistence-of-external-objects">12.1.5.1. Persistence of External Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickle.html#dispatch-tables">12.1.5.2. Dispatch Tables</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickle.html#handling-stateful-objects">12.1.5.3. Handling Stateful Objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickle.html#restricting-globals">12.1.6. Restricting Globals</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickle.html#examples">12.1.8. Examples</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/copyreg.html">12.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">copyreg</span></tt> &#8212; Register <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pickle</span></tt> support functions</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/copyreg.html#example">12.2.1. Example</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/shelve.html">12.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shelve</span></tt> &#8212; Python object persistence</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/shelve.html#restrictions">12.3.1. Restrictions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/shelve.html#example">12.3.2. Example</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/marshal.html">12.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">marshal</span></tt> &#8212; Internal Python object serialization</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/dbm.html">12.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">dbm</span></tt> &#8212; Interfaces to Unix &#8220;databases&#8221;</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/dbm.html#module-dbm.gnu">12.5.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">dbm.gnu</span></tt> &#8212; GNU&#8217;s reinterpretation of dbm</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/dbm.html#module-dbm.ndbm">12.5.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">dbm.ndbm</span></tt> &#8212; Interface based on ndbm</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/dbm.html#module-dbm.dumb">12.5.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">dbm.dumb</span></tt> &#8212; Portable DBM implementation</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html">12.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sqlite3</span></tt> &#8212; DB-API 2.0 interface for SQLite databases</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#module-functions-and-constants">12.6.1. Module functions and constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#connection-objects">12.6.2. Connection Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#cursor-objects">12.6.3. Cursor Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#row-objects">12.6.4. Row Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#sqlite-and-python-types">12.6.5. SQLite and Python types</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#introduction">12.6.5.1. Introduction</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#using-adapters-to-store-additional-python-types-in-sqlite-databases">12.6.5.2. Using adapters to store additional Python types in SQLite databases</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#letting-your-object-adapt-itself">12.6.5.2.1. Letting your object adapt itself</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#registering-an-adapter-callable">12.6.5.2.2. Registering an adapter callable</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#converting-sqlite-values-to-custom-python-types">12.6.5.3. Converting SQLite values to custom Python types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#default-adapters-and-converters">12.6.5.4. Default adapters and converters</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#controlling-transactions">12.6.6. Controlling Transactions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#using-sqlite3-efficiently">12.6.7. Using <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sqlite3</span></tt> efficiently</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#using-shortcut-methods">12.6.7.1. Using shortcut methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#accessing-columns-by-name-instead-of-by-index">12.6.7.2. Accessing columns by name instead of by index</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#using-the-connection-as-a-context-manager">12.6.7.3. Using the connection as a context manager</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#common-issues">12.6.8. Common issues</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sqlite3.html#multithreading">12.6.8.1. Multithreading</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/archiving.html">13. Data Compression and Archiving</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/zlib.html">13.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">zlib</span></tt> &#8212; Compression compatible with <strong class="program">gzip</strong></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/gzip.html">13.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">gzip</span></tt> &#8212; Support for <strong class="program">gzip</strong> files</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/gzip.html#examples-of-usage">13.2.1. Examples of usage</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/bz2.html">13.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bz2</span></tt> &#8212; Support for <strong class="program">bzip2</strong> compression</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/bz2.html#de-compression-of-files">13.3.1. (De)compression of files</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/bz2.html#incremental-de-compression">13.3.2. Incremental (de)compression</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/bz2.html#one-shot-de-compression">13.3.3. One-shot (de)compression</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/lzma.html">13.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">lzma</span></tt> &#8212; Compression using the LZMA algorithm</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/lzma.html#reading-and-writing-compressed-files">13.4.1. Reading and writing compressed files</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/lzma.html#compressing-and-decompressing-data-in-memory">13.4.2. Compressing and decompressing data in memory</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/lzma.html#miscellaneous">13.4.3. Miscellaneous</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/lzma.html#specifying-custom-filter-chains">13.4.4. Specifying custom filter chains</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/lzma.html#examples">13.4.5. Examples</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/zipfile.html">13.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">zipfile</span></tt> &#8212; Work with ZIP archives</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/zipfile.html#zipfile-objects">13.5.1. ZipFile Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/zipfile.html#pyzipfile-objects">13.5.2. PyZipFile Objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tarfile.html">13.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tarfile</span></tt> &#8212; Read and write tar archive files</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tarfile.html#tarfile-objects">13.6.1. TarFile Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tarfile.html#tarinfo-objects">13.6.2. TarInfo Objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tarfile.html#examples">13.6.4. Examples</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tarfile.html#supported-tar-formats">13.6.5. Supported tar formats</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/fileformats.html">14. File Formats</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/csv.html">14.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">csv</span></tt> &#8212; CSV File Reading and Writing</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/csv.html#module-contents">14.1.1. Module Contents</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/csv.html#examples">14.1.5. Examples</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/configparser.html">14.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">configparser</span></tt> &#8212; Configuration file parser</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/configparser.html#quick-start">14.2.1. Quick Start</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/configparser.html#supported-datatypes">14.2.2. Supported Datatypes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/configparser.html#fallback-values">14.2.3. Fallback Values</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/configparser.html#interpolation-of-values">14.2.5. Interpolation of values</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/configparser.html#mapping-protocol-access">14.2.6. Mapping Protocol Access</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/configparser.html#customizing-parser-behaviour">14.2.7. Customizing Parser Behaviour</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/configparser.html#legacy-api-examples">14.2.8. Legacy API Examples</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/netrc.html#netrc-objects">14.3.1. netrc Objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xdrlib.html#packer-objects">14.4.1. Packer Objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/plistlib.html">14.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">plistlib</span></tt> &#8212; Generate and parse Mac OS X <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">.plist</span></tt> files</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/plistlib.html#examples">14.5.1. Examples</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/hashlib.html#hash-algorithms">15.1.1. Hash algorithms</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/os.html#file-names-command-line-arguments-and-environment-variables">16.1.1. File Names, Command Line Arguments, and Environment Variables</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/os.html#process-management">16.1.6. Process Management</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/io.html">16.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">io</span></tt> &#8212; Core tools for working with streams</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/io.html#overview">16.2.1. Overview</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/io.html#high-level-module-interface">16.2.2. High-level Module Interface</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/argparse.html#example">16.4.1. Example</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/argparse.html#argumentparser-objects">16.4.2. ArgumentParser objects</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/argparse.html#prog">16.4.2.1. prog</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/argparse.html#the-add-argument-method">16.4.3. The add_argument() method</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/argparse.html#name-or-flags">16.4.3.1. name or flags</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/argparse.html#upgrading-optparse-code">16.4.6. Upgrading optparse code</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/optparse.html">16.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">optparse</span></tt> &#8212; Parser for command line options</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/optparse.html#background">16.5.1. Background</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/optparse.html#tutorial">16.5.2. Tutorial</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/optparse.html#putting-it-all-together">16.5.2.9. Putting it all together</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/optparse.html#querying-and-manipulating-your-option-parser">16.5.3.8. Querying and manipulating your option parser</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/optparse.html#option-callbacks">16.5.4. Option Callbacks</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/optparse.html#defining-a-callback-option">16.5.4.1. Defining a callback option</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/optparse.html#callback-example-2-check-option-order">16.5.4.5. Callback example 2: check option order</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/optparse.html#callback-example-3-check-option-order-generalized">16.5.4.6. Callback example 3: check option order (generalized)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/optparse.html#callback-example-4-check-arbitrary-condition">16.5.4.7. Callback example 4: check arbitrary condition</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/optparse.html#callback-example-5-fixed-arguments">16.5.4.8. Callback example 5: fixed arguments</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/optparse.html#extending-optparse">16.5.5. Extending <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">optparse</span></tt></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/optparse.html#adding-new-types">16.5.5.1. Adding new types</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/getopt.html">16.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">getopt</span></tt> &#8212; C-style parser for command line options</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.html#logger-objects">16.7.1. Logger Objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.config.html#configuration-functions">16.8.1. Configuration functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.config.html#configuration-dictionary-schema">16.8.2. Configuration dictionary schema</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.config.html#dictionary-schema-details">16.8.2.1. Dictionary Schema Details</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.config.html#incremental-configuration">16.8.2.2. Incremental Configuration</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.config.html#user-defined-objects">16.8.2.4. User-defined objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.config.html#access-to-external-objects">16.8.2.5. Access to external objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.config.html#access-to-internal-objects">16.8.2.6. Access to internal objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.config.html#configuration-file-format">16.8.3. Configuration file format</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html">16.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">logging.handlers</span></tt> &#8212; Logging handlers</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html#streamhandler">16.9.1. StreamHandler</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html#filehandler">16.9.2. FileHandler</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html#nullhandler">16.9.3. NullHandler</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html#watchedfilehandler">16.9.4. WatchedFileHandler</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html#baserotatinghandler">16.9.5. BaseRotatingHandler</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html#rotatingfilehandler">16.9.6. RotatingFileHandler</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html#timedrotatingfilehandler">16.9.7. TimedRotatingFileHandler</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html#sockethandler">16.9.8. SocketHandler</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html#datagramhandler">16.9.9. DatagramHandler</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html#sysloghandler">16.9.10. SysLogHandler</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html#nteventloghandler">16.9.11. NTEventLogHandler</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html#smtphandler">16.9.12. SMTPHandler</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html#memoryhandler">16.9.13. MemoryHandler</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html#httphandler">16.9.14. HTTPHandler</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html#queuehandler">16.9.15. QueueHandler</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/logging.handlers.html#queuelistener">16.9.16. QueueListener</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/getpass.html">16.10. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">getpass</span></tt> &#8212; Portable password input</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/curses.html">16.11. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">curses</span></tt> &#8212; Terminal handling for character-cell displays</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/curses.html#functions">16.11.1. Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/curses.html#window-objects">16.11.2. Window Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/curses.html#constants">16.11.3. Constants</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/curses.html#module-curses.textpad">16.12. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">curses.textpad</span></tt> &#8212; Text input widget for curses programs</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/curses.html#textbox-objects">16.12.1. Textbox objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/curses.ascii.html">16.13. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">curses.ascii</span></tt> &#8212; Utilities for ASCII characters</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/curses.panel.html">16.14. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">curses.panel</span></tt> &#8212; A panel stack extension for curses</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/curses.panel.html#functions">16.14.1. Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/curses.panel.html#panel-objects">16.14.2. Panel Objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/platform.html">16.15. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">platform</span></tt> &#8212;  Access to underlying platform&#8217;s identifying data</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/platform.html#cross-platform">16.15.1. Cross Platform</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/platform.html#java-platform">16.15.2. Java Platform</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/platform.html#windows-platform">16.15.3. Windows Platform</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/platform.html#win95-98-specific">16.15.3.1. Win95/98 specific</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/platform.html#mac-os-platform">16.15.4. Mac OS Platform</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/platform.html#unix-platforms">16.15.5. Unix Platforms</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/errno.html">16.16. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">errno</span></tt> &#8212; Standard errno system symbols</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html">16.17. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ctypes</span></tt> &#8212; A foreign function library for Python</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#ctypes-tutorial">16.17.1. ctypes tutorial</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#loading-dynamic-link-libraries">16.17.1.1. Loading dynamic link libraries</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#accessing-functions-from-loaded-dlls">16.17.1.2. Accessing functions from loaded dlls</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#calling-functions">16.17.1.3. Calling functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#fundamental-data-types">16.17.1.4. Fundamental data types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#calling-functions-continued">16.17.1.5. Calling functions, continued</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#calling-functions-with-your-own-custom-data-types">16.17.1.6. Calling functions with your own custom data types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#specifying-the-required-argument-types-function-prototypes">16.17.1.7. Specifying the required argument types (function prototypes)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#return-types">16.17.1.8. Return types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#passing-pointers-or-passing-parameters-by-reference">16.17.1.9. Passing pointers (or: passing parameters by reference)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#structures-and-unions">16.17.1.10. Structures and unions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#structure-union-alignment-and-byte-order">16.17.1.11. Structure/union alignment and byte order</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#bit-fields-in-structures-and-unions">16.17.1.12. Bit fields in structures and unions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#arrays">16.17.1.13. Arrays</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#pointers">16.17.1.14. Pointers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#type-conversions">16.17.1.15. Type conversions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#incomplete-types">16.17.1.16. Incomplete Types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#callback-functions">16.17.1.17. Callback functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#accessing-values-exported-from-dlls">16.17.1.18. Accessing values exported from dlls</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#surprises">16.17.1.19. Surprises</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#variable-sized-data-types">16.17.1.20. Variable-sized data types</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#ctypes-reference">16.17.2. ctypes reference</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#finding-shared-libraries">16.17.2.1. Finding shared libraries</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#loading-shared-libraries">16.17.2.2. Loading shared libraries</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#foreign-functions">16.17.2.3. Foreign functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#function-prototypes">16.17.2.4. Function prototypes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#utility-functions">16.17.2.5. Utility functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#data-types">16.17.2.6. Data types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#ctypes-fundamental-data-types-2">16.17.2.7. Fundamental data types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#structured-data-types">16.17.2.8. Structured data types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ctypes.html#arrays-and-pointers">16.17.2.9. Arrays and pointers</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/concurrency.html">17. Concurrent Execution</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/threading.html">17.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">threading</span></tt> &#8212; Thread-based parallelism</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/threading.html#thread-local-data">17.1.1. Thread-Local Data</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/threading.html#thread-objects">17.1.2. Thread Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/threading.html#lock-objects">17.1.3. Lock Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/threading.html#rlock-objects">17.1.4. RLock Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/threading.html#condition-objects">17.1.5. Condition Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/threading.html#semaphore-objects">17.1.6. Semaphore Objects</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/threading.html#semaphore-example">17.1.6.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Semaphore</span></tt> Example</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/threading.html#event-objects">17.1.7. Event Objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/threading.html#using-locks-conditions-and-semaphores-in-the-with-statement">17.1.10. Using locks, conditions, and semaphores in the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">with</span></tt> statement</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html">17.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">multiprocessing</span></tt> &#8212; Process-based parallelism</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#introduction">17.2.1. Introduction</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#the-process-class">17.2.1.1. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Process</span></tt> class</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#contexts-and-start-methods">17.2.1.2. Contexts and start methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#exchanging-objects-between-processes">17.2.1.3. Exchanging objects between processes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#synchronization-between-processes">17.2.1.4. Synchronization between processes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#sharing-state-between-processes">17.2.1.5. Sharing state between processes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#using-a-pool-of-workers">17.2.1.6. Using a pool of workers</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#reference">17.2.2. Reference</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#process-and-exceptions">17.2.2.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Process</span></tt> and exceptions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#pipes-and-queues">17.2.2.2. Pipes and Queues</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#miscellaneous">17.2.2.3. Miscellaneous</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#connection-objects">17.2.2.4. Connection Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#synchronization-primitives">17.2.2.5. Synchronization primitives</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#shared-ctypes-objects">17.2.2.6. Shared <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ctypes</span></tt> Objects</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#module-multiprocessing.sharedctypes">17.2.2.6.1. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">multiprocessing.sharedctypes</span></tt> module</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#managers">17.2.2.7. Managers</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#namespace-objects">17.2.2.7.1. Namespace objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#customized-managers">17.2.2.7.2. Customized managers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#using-a-remote-manager">17.2.2.7.3. Using a remote manager</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#proxy-objects">17.2.2.8. Proxy Objects</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#cleanup">17.2.2.8.1. Cleanup</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#module-multiprocessing.pool">17.2.2.9. Process Pools</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#module-multiprocessing.connection">17.2.2.10. Listeners and Clients</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#address-formats">17.2.2.10.1. Address Formats</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#module-multiprocessing.dummy">17.2.2.13. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">multiprocessing.dummy</span></tt> module</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#programming-guidelines">17.2.3. Programming guidelines</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#all-start-methods">17.2.3.1. All start methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#the-spawn-and-forkserver-start-methods">17.2.3.2. The <em>spawn</em> and <em>forkserver</em> start methods</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/multiprocessing.html#examples">17.2.4. Examples</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/concurrent.html">17.3. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">concurrent</span></tt> package</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/concurrent.futures.html#executor-objects">17.4.1. Executor Objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/concurrent.futures.html#threadpoolexecutor-example">17.4.2.1. ThreadPoolExecutor Example</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/concurrent.futures.html#processpoolexecutor">17.4.3. ProcessPoolExecutor</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/subprocess.html#using-the-subprocess-module">17.5.1. Using the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">subprocess</span></tt> Module</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/subprocess.html#replacing-older-functions-with-the-subprocess-module">17.5.5. Replacing Older Functions with the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">subprocess</span></tt> Module</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/subprocess.html#replacing-bin-sh-shell-backquote">17.5.5.1. Replacing /bin/sh shell backquote</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/subprocess.html#replacing-shell-pipeline">17.5.5.2. Replacing shell pipeline</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/subprocess.html#replacing-os-system">17.5.5.3. Replacing <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">os.system()</span></tt></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/subprocess.html#replacing-the-os-spawn-family">17.5.5.4. Replacing the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">os.spawn</span></tt> family</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/subprocess.html#replacing-os-popen-os-popen2-os-popen3">17.5.5.5. Replacing <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">os.popen()</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">os.popen2()</span></tt>, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">os.popen3()</span></tt></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/subprocess.html#replacing-functions-from-the-popen2-module">17.5.5.6. Replacing functions from the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">popen2</span></tt> module</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/subprocess.html#legacy-shell-invocation-functions">17.5.6. Legacy Shell Invocation Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/subprocess.html#notes">17.5.7. Notes</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/subprocess.html#converting-an-argument-sequence-to-a-string-on-windows">17.5.7.1. Converting an argument sequence to a string on Windows</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sched.html">17.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sched</span></tt> &#8212; Event scheduler</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sched.html#scheduler-objects">17.6.1. Scheduler Objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/queue.html">17.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">queue</span></tt> &#8212; A synchronized queue class</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/queue.html#queue-objects">17.7.1. Queue Objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/dummy_threading.html">17.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">dummy_threading</span></tt> &#8212; Drop-in replacement for the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">threading</span></tt> module</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/_thread.html">17.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">_thread</span></tt> &#8212; Low-level threading API</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/_dummy_thread.html">17.10. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">_dummy_thread</span></tt> &#8212; Drop-in replacement for the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">_thread</span></tt> module</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipc.html">18. Interprocess Communication and Networking</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socket.html">18.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">socket</span></tt> &#8212; Low-level networking interface</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socket.html#socket-families">18.1.1. Socket families</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socket.html#module-contents">18.1.2. Module contents</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socket.html#exceptions">18.1.2.1. Exceptions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socket.html#constants">18.1.2.2. Constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socket.html#functions">18.1.2.3. Functions</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socket.html#creating-sockets">18.1.2.3.1. Creating sockets</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socket.html#socket-objects">18.1.3. Socket Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socket.html#notes-on-socket-timeouts">18.1.4. Notes on socket timeouts</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socket.html#timeouts-and-the-connect-method">18.1.4.1. Timeouts and the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">connect</span></tt> method</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socket.html#timeouts-and-the-accept-method">18.1.4.2. Timeouts and the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">accept</span></tt> method</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socket.html#example">18.1.5. Example</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html">18.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ssl</span></tt> &#8212; TLS/SSL wrapper for socket objects</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#functions-constants-and-exceptions">18.2.1. Functions, Constants, and Exceptions</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#socket-creation">18.2.1.1. Socket creation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#context-creation">18.2.1.2. Context creation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#random-generation">18.2.1.3. Random generation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#certificate-handling">18.2.1.4. Certificate handling</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#constants">18.2.1.5. Constants</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#ssl-sockets">18.2.2. SSL Sockets</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#ssl-contexts">18.2.3. SSL Contexts</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#certificates">18.2.4. Certificates</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#certificate-chains">18.2.4.1. Certificate chains</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#ca-certificates">18.2.4.2. CA certificates</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#combined-key-and-certificate">18.2.4.3. Combined key and certificate</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#self-signed-certificates">18.2.4.4. Self-signed certificates</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#examples">18.2.5. Examples</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#testing-for-ssl-support">18.2.5.1. Testing for SSL support</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#client-side-operation">18.2.5.2. Client-side operation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#server-side-operation">18.2.5.3. Server-side operation</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#notes-on-non-blocking-sockets">18.2.6. Notes on non-blocking sockets</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#security-considerations">18.2.7. Security considerations</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#best-defaults">18.2.7.1. Best defaults</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#manual-settings">18.2.7.2. Manual settings</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#verifying-certificates">18.2.7.2.1. Verifying certificates</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#protocol-versions">18.2.7.2.2. Protocol versions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#cipher-selection">18.2.7.2.3. Cipher selection</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ssl.html#multi-processing">18.2.7.3. Multi-processing</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/select.html">18.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">select</span></tt> &#8212; Waiting for I/O completion</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/select.html#dev-poll-polling-objects">18.3.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">/dev/poll</span></tt> Polling Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/select.html#edge-and-level-trigger-polling-epoll-objects">18.3.2. Edge and Level Trigger Polling (epoll) Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/select.html#polling-objects">18.3.3. Polling Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/select.html#kqueue-objects">18.3.4. Kqueue Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/select.html#kevent-objects">18.3.5. Kevent Objects</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/selectors.html">18.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">selectors</span></tt> &#8211; High-level I/O multiplexing</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/selectors.html#introduction">18.4.1. Introduction</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/selectors.html#classes">18.4.2. Classes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/selectors.html#examples">18.4.3. Examples</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio.html">18.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">asyncio</span></tt> &#8211; Asynchronous I/O, event loop, coroutines and tasks</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html">18.5.1. Base Event Loop</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#run-an-event-loop">18.5.1.1. Run an event loop</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#calls">18.5.1.2. Calls</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#delayed-calls">18.5.1.3. Delayed calls</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#coroutines">18.5.1.4. Coroutines</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#creating-connections">18.5.1.5. Creating connections</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#creating-listening-connections">18.5.1.6. Creating listening connections</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#watch-file-descriptors">18.5.1.7. Watch file descriptors</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#low-level-socket-operations">18.5.1.8. Low-level socket operations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#resolve-host-name">18.5.1.9. Resolve host name</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#connect-pipes">18.5.1.10. Connect pipes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#unix-signals">18.5.1.11. UNIX signals</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#executor">18.5.1.12. Executor</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#error-handling-api">18.5.1.13. Error Handling API</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#debug-mode">18.5.1.14. Debug mode</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#server">18.5.1.15. Server</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#handle">18.5.1.16. Handle</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#example-hello-world-callback">18.5.1.17. Example: Hello World (callback)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloop.html#example-set-signal-handlers-for-sigint-and-sigterm">18.5.1.18. Example: Set signal handlers for SIGINT and SIGTERM</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloops.html">18.5.2. Event loops</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloops.html#event-loop-functions">18.5.2.1. Event loop functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloops.html#available-event-loops">18.5.2.2. Available event loops</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloops.html#platform-support">18.5.2.3. Platform support</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloops.html#windows">18.5.2.3.1. Windows</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloops.html#mac-os-x">18.5.2.3.2. Mac OS X</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloops.html#event-loop-policies-and-the-default-policy">18.5.2.4. Event loop policies and the default policy</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloops.html#event-loop-policy-interface">18.5.2.5. Event loop policy interface</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-eventloops.html#access-to-the-global-loop-policy">18.5.2.6. Access to the global loop policy</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-task.html">18.5.3. Tasks and coroutines</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-task.html#coroutines">18.5.3.1. Coroutines</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-task.html#example-hello-world-coroutine">18.5.3.1.1. Example: &#8220;Hello World&#8221; coroutine</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-task.html#example-chain-coroutines">18.5.3.1.2. Example: Chain coroutines</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-task.html#invalidstateerror">18.5.3.2. InvalidStateError</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-task.html#timeouterror">18.5.3.3. TimeoutError</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-task.html#future">18.5.3.4. Future</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-task.html#example-future-with-run-until-complete">18.5.3.4.1. Example: Future with run_until_complete()</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-task.html#example-future-with-run-forever">18.5.3.4.2. Example: Future with run_forever()</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-task.html#task">18.5.3.5. Task</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-task.html#example-parallel-execution-of-tasks">18.5.3.5.1. Example: Parallel execution of tasks</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-task.html#task-functions">18.5.3.6. Task functions</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-protocol.html">18.5.4. Transports  and protocols (low-level API)</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-protocol.html#transports">18.5.4.1. Transports</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-protocol.html#basetransport">18.5.4.1.1. BaseTransport</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-protocol.html#readtransport">18.5.4.1.2. ReadTransport</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-protocol.html#writetransport">18.5.4.1.3. WriteTransport</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-protocol.html#protocols">18.5.4.2. Protocols</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-protocol.html#protocol-classes">18.5.4.2.1. Protocol classes</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-protocol.html#coroutines-and-protocols">18.5.4.2.6. Coroutines and protocols</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-protocol.html#protocol-example-tcp-echo-server-and-client">18.5.4.3. Protocol example: TCP echo server and client</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-protocol.html#echo-client">18.5.4.3.1. Echo client</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-stream.html#incompletereaderror">18.5.5.5. IncompleteReadError</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-subprocess.html#windows-event-loop">18.5.6.1. Windows event loop</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-subprocess.html#create-a-subprocess-high-level-api-using-process">18.5.6.2. Create a subprocess: high-level API using Process</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-subprocess.html#create-a-subprocess-low-level-api-using-subprocess-popen">18.5.6.3. Create a subprocess: low-level API using subprocess.Popen</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-sync.html#semaphores">18.5.7.2. Semaphores</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-sync.html#semaphore">18.5.7.2.1. Semaphore</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-sync.html#boundedsemaphore">18.5.7.2.2. BoundedSemaphore</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-sync.html#queues">18.5.7.3. Queues</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-sync.html#queue">18.5.7.3.1. Queue</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-sync.html#priorityqueue">18.5.7.3.2. PriorityQueue</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-sync.html#lifoqueue">18.5.7.3.3. LifoQueue</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-sync.html#joinablequeue">18.5.7.3.4. JoinableQueue</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-sync.html#exceptions">18.5.7.3.5. Exceptions</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-dev.html">18.5.8. Develop with asyncio</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-dev.html#debug-mode-of-asyncio">18.5.8.1. Debug mode of asyncio</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-dev.html#concurrency-and-multithreading">18.5.8.2. Concurrency and multithreading</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-dev.html#handle-blocking-functions-correctly">18.5.8.3. Handle blocking functions correctly</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-dev.html#logging">18.5.8.4. Logging</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-dev.html#detect-coroutine-objects-never-scheduled">18.5.8.5. Detect coroutine objects never scheduled</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-dev.html#detect-exceptions-never-consumed">18.5.8.6. Detect exceptions never consumed</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-dev.html#chain-correctly-coroutines">18.5.8.7. Chain correctly coroutines</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncio-dev.html#pending-task-destroyed">18.5.8.8. Pending task destroyed</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncore.html">18.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">asyncore</span></tt> &#8212; Asynchronous socket handler</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncore.html#asyncore-example-basic-http-client">18.6.1. asyncore Example basic HTTP client</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asyncore.html#asyncore-example-basic-echo-server">18.6.2. asyncore Example basic echo server</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asynchat.html">18.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">asynchat</span></tt> &#8212; Asynchronous socket command/response handler</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asynchat.html#asynchat-auxiliary-classes">18.7.1. asynchat - Auxiliary Classes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/asynchat.html#asynchat-example">18.7.2. asynchat Example</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/signal.html">18.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">signal</span></tt> &#8212; Set handlers for asynchronous events</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/signal.html#general-rules">18.8.1. General rules</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/signal.html#execution-of-python-signal-handlers">18.8.1.1. Execution of Python signal handlers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/signal.html#signals-and-threads">18.8.1.2. Signals and threads</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/signal.html#module-contents">18.8.2. Module contents</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/signal.html#example">18.8.3. Example</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mmap.html">18.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mmap</span></tt> &#8212; Memory-mapped file support</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/netdata.html">19. Internet Data Handling</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.html">19.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email</span></tt> &#8212; An email and MIME handling package</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.message.html">19.1.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email.message</span></tt>: Representing an email message</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.parser.html">19.1.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email.parser</span></tt>: Parsing email messages</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.parser.html#feedparser-api">19.1.2.1. FeedParser API</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.parser.html#parser-class-api">19.1.2.2. Parser class API</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.parser.html#additional-notes">19.1.2.3. Additional notes</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.generator.html">19.1.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email.generator</span></tt>: Generating MIME documents</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.policy.html">19.1.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email.policy</span></tt>: Policy Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.headerregistry.html">19.1.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email.headerregistry</span></tt>: Custom Header Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.contentmanager.html">19.1.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email.contentmanager</span></tt>: Managing MIME Content</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.contentmanager.html#content-manager-instances">19.1.6.1. Content Manager Instances</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.mime.html">19.1.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email.mime</span></tt>: Creating email and MIME objects from scratch</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.header.html">19.1.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email.header</span></tt>: Internationalized headers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.charset.html">19.1.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email.charset</span></tt>: Representing character sets</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.encoders.html">19.1.10. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email.encoders</span></tt>: Encoders</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.errors.html">19.1.11. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email.errors</span></tt>: Exception and Defect classes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.util.html">19.1.12. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email.utils</span></tt>: Miscellaneous utilities</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.iterators.html">19.1.13. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email.iterators</span></tt>: Iterators</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email-examples.html">19.1.14. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">email</span></tt>: Examples</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email-examples.html#examples-using-the-provisional-api">19.1.14.1. Examples using the Provisional API</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.html#package-history">19.1.15. Package History</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/email.html#differences-from-mimelib">19.1.16. Differences from <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mimelib</span></tt></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/json.html">19.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">json</span></tt> &#8212; JSON encoder and decoder</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/json.html#basic-usage">19.2.1. Basic Usage</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/json.html#encoders-and-decoders">19.2.2. Encoders and Decoders</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/json.html#standard-compliance">19.2.3. Standard Compliance</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/json.html#character-encodings">19.2.3.1. Character Encodings</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/json.html#top-level-non-object-non-array-values">19.2.3.2. Top-level Non-Object, Non-Array Values</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/json.html#infinite-and-nan-number-values">19.2.3.3. Infinite and NaN Number Values</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/json.html#repeated-names-within-an-object">19.2.3.4. Repeated Names Within an Object</a></li>
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</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mailcap.html">19.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mailcap</span></tt> &#8212; Mailcap file handling</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mailbox.html">19.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mailbox</span></tt> &#8212; Manipulate mailboxes in various formats</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mailbox.html#mailbox-objects">19.4.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Mailbox</span></tt> objects</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mailbox.html#maildir">19.4.1.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Maildir</span></tt></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mailbox.html#mbox">19.4.1.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mbox</span></tt></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mailbox.html#mh">19.4.1.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MH</span></tt></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mailbox.html#babyl">19.4.1.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Babyl</span></tt></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mailbox.html#mmdf">19.4.1.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MMDF</span></tt></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mailbox.html#message-objects">19.4.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Message</span></tt> objects</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mailbox.html#maildirmessage">19.4.2.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MaildirMessage</span></tt></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mailbox.html#mboxmessage">19.4.2.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mboxMessage</span></tt></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mailbox.html#mhmessage">19.4.2.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MHMessage</span></tt></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mailbox.html#babylmessage">19.4.2.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">BabylMessage</span></tt></a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mailbox.html#mmdfmessage">19.4.2.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">MMDFMessage</span></tt></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mailbox.html#exceptions">19.4.3. Exceptions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mailbox.html#examples">19.4.4. Examples</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mimetypes.html">19.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">mimetypes</span></tt> &#8212; Map filenames to MIME types</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mimetypes.html#mimetypes-objects">19.5.1. MimeTypes Objects</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/base64.html">19.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">base64</span></tt> &#8212; Base16, Base32, Base64, Base85 Data Encodings</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/binhex.html">19.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">binhex</span></tt> &#8212; Encode and decode binhex4 files</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/binhex.html#notes">19.7.1. Notes</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/binascii.html">19.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">binascii</span></tt> &#8212; Convert between binary and ASCII</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/quopri.html">19.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">quopri</span></tt> &#8212; Encode and decode MIME quoted-printable data</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/uu.html">19.10. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">uu</span></tt> &#8212; Encode and decode uuencode files</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/markup.html">20. Structured Markup Processing Tools</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/html.html">20.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">html</span></tt> &#8212; HyperText Markup Language support</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/html.parser.html">20.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">html.parser</span></tt> &#8212; Simple HTML and XHTML parser</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/html.parser.html#example-html-parser-application">20.2.1. Example HTML Parser Application</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/html.parser.html#htmlparser-methods">20.2.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">HTMLParser</span></tt> Methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/html.parser.html#examples">20.2.3. Examples</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/html.entities.html">20.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">html.entities</span></tt> &#8212; Definitions of HTML general entities</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.html">20.4. XML Processing Modules</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.html#xml-vulnerabilities">20.4.1. XML vulnerabilities</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.html#the-defusedxml-and-defusedexpat-packages">20.4.2. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">defusedxml</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">defusedexpat</span></tt> Packages</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html">20.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xml.etree.ElementTree</span></tt> &#8212; The ElementTree XML API</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#tutorial">20.5.1. Tutorial</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#xml-tree-and-elements">20.5.1.1. XML tree and elements</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#parsing-xml">20.5.1.2. Parsing XML</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#pull-api-for-non-blocking-parsing">20.5.1.3. Pull API for non-blocking parsing</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#finding-interesting-elements">20.5.1.4. Finding interesting elements</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#modifying-an-xml-file">20.5.1.5. Modifying an XML File</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#building-xml-documents">20.5.1.6. Building XML documents</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#additional-resources">20.5.1.7. Additional resources</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#xpath-support">20.5.2. XPath support</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#example">20.5.2.1. Example</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#supported-xpath-syntax">20.5.2.2. Supported XPath syntax</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#reference">20.5.3. Reference</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#functions">20.5.3.1. Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#element-objects">20.5.3.2. Element Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#elementtree-objects">20.5.3.3. ElementTree Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#qname-objects">20.5.3.4. QName Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#treebuilder-objects">20.5.3.5. TreeBuilder Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#xmlparser-objects">20.5.3.6. XMLParser Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#xmlpullparser-objects">20.5.3.7. XMLPullParser Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.etree.elementtree.html#exceptions">20.5.3.8. Exceptions</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html">20.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xml.dom</span></tt> &#8212; The Document Object Model API</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#module-contents">20.6.1. Module Contents</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#objects-in-the-dom">20.6.2. Objects in the DOM</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#domimplementation-objects">20.6.2.1. DOMImplementation Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#node-objects">20.6.2.2. Node Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#nodelist-objects">20.6.2.3. NodeList Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#documenttype-objects">20.6.2.4. DocumentType Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#document-objects">20.6.2.5. Document Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#element-objects">20.6.2.6. Element Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#attr-objects">20.6.2.7. Attr Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#namednodemap-objects">20.6.2.8. NamedNodeMap Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#comment-objects">20.6.2.9. Comment Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#text-and-cdatasection-objects">20.6.2.10. Text and CDATASection Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#processinginstruction-objects">20.6.2.11. ProcessingInstruction Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#exceptions">20.6.2.12. Exceptions</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#conformance">20.6.3. Conformance</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#type-mapping">20.6.3.1. Type Mapping</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.html#accessor-methods">20.6.3.2. Accessor Methods</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.minidom.html">20.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xml.dom.minidom</span></tt> &#8212; Minimal DOM implementation</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.minidom.html#dom-objects">20.7.1. DOM Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.minidom.html#dom-example">20.7.2. DOM Example</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.minidom.html#minidom-and-the-dom-standard">20.7.3. minidom and the DOM standard</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.pulldom.html">20.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xml.dom.pulldom</span></tt> &#8212; Support for building partial DOM trees</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.dom.pulldom.html#domeventstream-objects">20.8.1. DOMEventStream Objects</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.sax.html">20.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xml.sax</span></tt> &#8212; Support for SAX2 parsers</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.sax.html#saxexception-objects">20.9.1. SAXException Objects</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.sax.handler.html">20.10. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xml.sax.handler</span></tt> &#8212; Base classes for SAX handlers</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.sax.handler.html#contenthandler-objects">20.10.1. ContentHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.sax.handler.html#dtdhandler-objects">20.10.2. DTDHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.sax.handler.html#entityresolver-objects">20.10.3. EntityResolver Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.sax.handler.html#errorhandler-objects">20.10.4. ErrorHandler Objects</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.sax.utils.html">20.11. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xml.sax.saxutils</span></tt> &#8212; SAX Utilities</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.sax.reader.html">20.12. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xml.sax.xmlreader</span></tt> &#8212; Interface for XML parsers</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.sax.reader.html#xmlreader-objects">20.12.1. XMLReader Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.sax.reader.html#incrementalparser-objects">20.12.2. IncrementalParser Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.sax.reader.html#locator-objects">20.12.3. Locator Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.sax.reader.html#inputsource-objects">20.12.4. InputSource Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.sax.reader.html#the-attributes-interface">20.12.5. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Attributes</span></tt> Interface</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xml.sax.reader.html#the-attributesns-interface">20.12.6. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">AttributesNS</span></tt> Interface</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pyexpat.html">20.13. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xml.parsers.expat</span></tt> &#8212; Fast XML parsing using Expat</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pyexpat.html#xmlparser-objects">20.13.1. XMLParser Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pyexpat.html#expaterror-exceptions">20.13.2. ExpatError Exceptions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pyexpat.html#example">20.13.3. Example</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pyexpat.html#module-xml.parsers.expat.model">20.13.4. Content Model Descriptions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pyexpat.html#module-xml.parsers.expat.errors">20.13.5. Expat error constants</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/internet.html">21. Internet Protocols and Support</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/webbrowser.html">21.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">webbrowser</span></tt> &#8212; Convenient Web-browser controller</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/webbrowser.html#browser-controller-objects">21.1.1. Browser Controller Objects</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cgi.html">21.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">cgi</span></tt> &#8212; Common Gateway Interface support</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cgi.html#introduction">21.2.1. Introduction</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cgi.html#using-the-cgi-module">21.2.2. Using the cgi module</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cgi.html#higher-level-interface">21.2.3. Higher Level Interface</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cgi.html#functions">21.2.4. Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cgi.html#caring-about-security">21.2.5. Caring about security</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cgi.html#installing-your-cgi-script-on-a-unix-system">21.2.6. Installing your CGI script on a Unix system</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cgi.html#testing-your-cgi-script">21.2.7. Testing your CGI script</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cgi.html#debugging-cgi-scripts">21.2.8. Debugging CGI scripts</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cgi.html#common-problems-and-solutions">21.2.9. Common problems and solutions</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cgitb.html">21.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">cgitb</span></tt> &#8212; Traceback manager for CGI scripts</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/wsgiref.html">21.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">wsgiref</span></tt> &#8212; WSGI Utilities and Reference Implementation</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/wsgiref.html#module-wsgiref.util">21.4.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">wsgiref.util</span></tt> &#8211; WSGI environment utilities</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/wsgiref.html#module-wsgiref.headers">21.4.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">wsgiref.headers</span></tt> &#8211; WSGI response header tools</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/wsgiref.html#module-wsgiref.simple_server">21.4.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">wsgiref.simple_server</span></tt> &#8211; a simple WSGI HTTP server</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/wsgiref.html#module-wsgiref.validate">21.4.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">wsgiref.validate</span></tt> &#8212; WSGI conformance checker</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/wsgiref.html#module-wsgiref.handlers">21.4.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">wsgiref.handlers</span></tt> &#8211; server/gateway base classes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/wsgiref.html#examples">21.4.6. Examples</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.html">21.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">urllib</span></tt> &#8212; URL handling modules</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html">21.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">urllib.request</span></tt> &#8212; Extensible library for opening URLs</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#request-objects">21.6.1. Request Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#openerdirector-objects">21.6.2. OpenerDirector Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#basehandler-objects">21.6.3. BaseHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#httpredirecthandler-objects">21.6.4. HTTPRedirectHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#httpcookieprocessor-objects">21.6.5. HTTPCookieProcessor Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#proxyhandler-objects">21.6.6. ProxyHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#httppasswordmgr-objects">21.6.7. HTTPPasswordMgr Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#abstractbasicauthhandler-objects">21.6.8. AbstractBasicAuthHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#httpbasicauthhandler-objects">21.6.9. HTTPBasicAuthHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#proxybasicauthhandler-objects">21.6.10. ProxyBasicAuthHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#abstractdigestauthhandler-objects">21.6.11. AbstractDigestAuthHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#httpdigestauthhandler-objects">21.6.12. HTTPDigestAuthHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#proxydigestauthhandler-objects">21.6.13. ProxyDigestAuthHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#httphandler-objects">21.6.14. HTTPHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#httpshandler-objects">21.6.15. HTTPSHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#filehandler-objects">21.6.16. FileHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#datahandler-objects">21.6.17. DataHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#ftphandler-objects">21.6.18. FTPHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#cacheftphandler-objects">21.6.19. CacheFTPHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#unknownhandler-objects">21.6.20. UnknownHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#httperrorprocessor-objects">21.6.21. HTTPErrorProcessor Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#examples">21.6.22. Examples</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#legacy-interface">21.6.23. Legacy interface</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#urllib-request-restrictions">21.6.24. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">urllib.request</span></tt> Restrictions</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.request.html#module-urllib.response">21.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">urllib.response</span></tt> &#8212; Response classes used by urllib</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.parse.html">21.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">urllib.parse</span></tt> &#8212; Parse URLs into components</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.parse.html#url-parsing">21.8.1. URL Parsing</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.parse.html#parsing-ascii-encoded-bytes">21.8.2. Parsing ASCII Encoded Bytes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.parse.html#structured-parse-results">21.8.3. Structured Parse Results</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.parse.html#url-quoting">21.8.4. URL Quoting</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.error.html">21.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">urllib.error</span></tt> &#8212; Exception classes raised by urllib.request</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/urllib.robotparser.html">21.10. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">urllib.robotparser</span></tt> &#8212;  Parser for robots.txt</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.html">21.11. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">http</span></tt> &#8212; HTTP modules</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.client.html">21.12. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">http.client</span></tt> &#8212; HTTP protocol client</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.client.html#httpconnection-objects">21.12.1. HTTPConnection Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.client.html#httpresponse-objects">21.12.2. HTTPResponse Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.client.html#examples">21.12.3. Examples</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.client.html#httpmessage-objects">21.12.4. HTTPMessage Objects</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ftplib.html">21.13. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ftplib</span></tt> &#8212; FTP protocol client</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ftplib.html#ftp-objects">21.13.1. FTP Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ftplib.html#ftp-tls-objects">21.13.2. FTP_TLS Objects</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/poplib.html">21.14. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">poplib</span></tt> &#8212; POP3 protocol client</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/poplib.html#pop3-objects">21.14.1. POP3 Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/poplib.html#pop3-example">21.14.2. POP3 Example</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/imaplib.html">21.15. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">imaplib</span></tt> &#8212; IMAP4 protocol client</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/imaplib.html#imap4-objects">21.15.1. IMAP4 Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/imaplib.html#imap4-example">21.15.2. IMAP4 Example</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/nntplib.html">21.16. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">nntplib</span></tt> &#8212; NNTP protocol client</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/nntplib.html#nntp-objects">21.16.1. NNTP Objects</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/nntplib.html#attributes">21.16.1.1. Attributes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/nntplib.html#methods">21.16.1.2. Methods</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/nntplib.html#utility-functions">21.16.2. Utility functions</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/smtplib.html">21.17. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">smtplib</span></tt> &#8212; SMTP protocol client</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/smtplib.html#smtp-objects">21.17.1. SMTP Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/smtplib.html#smtp-example">21.17.2. SMTP Example</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/smtpd.html">21.18. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">smtpd</span></tt> &#8212; SMTP Server</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/smtpd.html#smtpserver-objects">21.18.1. SMTPServer Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/smtpd.html#debuggingserver-objects">21.18.2. DebuggingServer Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/smtpd.html#pureproxy-objects">21.18.3. PureProxy Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/smtpd.html#mailmanproxy-objects">21.18.4. MailmanProxy Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/smtpd.html#smtpchannel-objects">21.18.5. SMTPChannel Objects</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/telnetlib.html">21.19. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">telnetlib</span></tt> &#8212; Telnet client</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/telnetlib.html#telnet-objects">21.19.1. Telnet Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/telnetlib.html#telnet-example">21.19.2. Telnet Example</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/uuid.html">21.20. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">uuid</span></tt> &#8212; UUID objects according to RFC 4122</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/uuid.html#example">21.20.1. Example</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socketserver.html">21.21. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">socketserver</span></tt> &#8212; A framework for network servers</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socketserver.html#server-creation-notes">21.21.1. Server Creation Notes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socketserver.html#server-objects">21.21.2. Server Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socketserver.html#requesthandler-objects">21.21.3. RequestHandler Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socketserver.html#examples">21.21.4. Examples</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socketserver.html#socketserver-tcpserver-example">21.21.4.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">socketserver.TCPServer</span></tt> Example</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socketserver.html#socketserver-udpserver-example">21.21.4.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">socketserver.UDPServer</span></tt> Example</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/socketserver.html#asynchronous-mixins">21.21.4.3. Asynchronous Mixins</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.server.html">21.22. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">http.server</span></tt> &#8212; HTTP servers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.cookies.html">21.23. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">http.cookies</span></tt> &#8212; HTTP state management</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.cookies.html#cookie-objects">21.23.1. Cookie Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.cookies.html#morsel-objects">21.23.2. Morsel Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.cookies.html#example">21.23.3. Example</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.cookiejar.html">21.24. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">http.cookiejar</span></tt> &#8212; Cookie handling for HTTP clients</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.cookiejar.html#cookiejar-and-filecookiejar-objects">21.24.1. CookieJar and FileCookieJar Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.cookiejar.html#filecookiejar-subclasses-and-co-operation-with-web-browsers">21.24.2. FileCookieJar subclasses and co-operation with web browsers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.cookiejar.html#cookiepolicy-objects">21.24.3. CookiePolicy Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.cookiejar.html#defaultcookiepolicy-objects">21.24.4. DefaultCookiePolicy Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.cookiejar.html#cookie-objects">21.24.5. Cookie Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/http.cookiejar.html#examples">21.24.6. Examples</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.html">21.25. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xmlrpc</span></tt> &#8212; XMLRPC server and client modules</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.client.html">21.26. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xmlrpc.client</span></tt> &#8212; XML-RPC client access</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.client.html#serverproxy-objects">21.26.1. ServerProxy Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.client.html#datetime-objects">21.26.2. DateTime Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.client.html#binary-objects">21.26.3. Binary Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.client.html#fault-objects">21.26.4. Fault Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.client.html#protocolerror-objects">21.26.5. ProtocolError Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.client.html#multicall-objects">21.26.6. MultiCall Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.client.html#convenience-functions">21.26.7. Convenience Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.client.html#example-of-client-usage">21.26.8. Example of Client Usage</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.client.html#example-of-client-and-server-usage">21.26.9. Example of Client and Server Usage</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.server.html">21.27. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">xmlrpc.server</span></tt> &#8212; Basic XML-RPC servers</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.server.html#simplexmlrpcserver-objects">21.27.1. SimpleXMLRPCServer Objects</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.server.html#simplexmlrpcserver-example">21.27.1.1. SimpleXMLRPCServer Example</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.server.html#cgixmlrpcrequesthandler">21.27.2. CGIXMLRPCRequestHandler</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.server.html#documenting-xmlrpc-server">21.27.3. Documenting XMLRPC server</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.server.html#docxmlrpcserver-objects">21.27.4. DocXMLRPCServer Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/xmlrpc.server.html#doccgixmlrpcrequesthandler">21.27.5. DocCGIXMLRPCRequestHandler</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html">21.28. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ipaddress</span></tt> &#8212; IPv4/IPv6 manipulation library</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#convenience-factory-functions">21.28.1. Convenience factory functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#ip-addresses">21.28.2. IP Addresses</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#address-objects">21.28.2.1. Address objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#conversion-to-strings-and-integers">21.28.2.2. Conversion to Strings and Integers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#operators">21.28.2.3. Operators</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#comparison-operators">21.28.2.3.1. Comparison operators</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#arithmetic-operators">21.28.2.3.2. Arithmetic operators</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#ip-network-definitions">21.28.3. IP Network definitions</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#prefix-net-mask-and-host-mask">21.28.3.1. Prefix, net mask and host mask</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#network-objects">21.28.3.2. Network objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#id1">21.28.3.3. Operators</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#logical-operators">21.28.3.3.1. Logical operators</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#iteration">21.28.3.3.2. Iteration</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#networks-as-containers-of-addresses">21.28.3.3.3. Networks as containers of addresses</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#interface-objects">21.28.4. Interface objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#other-module-level-functions">21.28.5. Other Module Level Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ipaddress.html#custom-exceptions">21.28.6. Custom Exceptions</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/mm.html">22. Multimedia Services</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/audioop.html">22.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">audioop</span></tt> &#8212; Manipulate raw audio data</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/aifc.html">22.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">aifc</span></tt> &#8212; Read and write AIFF and AIFC files</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sunau.html">22.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sunau</span></tt> &#8212; Read and write Sun AU files</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sunau.html#au-read-objects">22.3.1. AU_read Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sunau.html#au-write-objects">22.3.2. AU_write Objects</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/wave.html">22.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">wave</span></tt> &#8212; Read and write WAV files</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/wave.html#wave-read-objects">22.4.1. Wave_read Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/wave.html#wave-write-objects">22.4.2. Wave_write Objects</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/chunk.html">22.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">chunk</span></tt> &#8212; Read IFF chunked data</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/colorsys.html">22.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">colorsys</span></tt> &#8212; Conversions between color systems</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/imghdr.html">22.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">imghdr</span></tt> &#8212; Determine the type of an image</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sndhdr.html">22.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sndhdr</span></tt> &#8212; Determine type of sound file</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ossaudiodev.html">22.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ossaudiodev</span></tt> &#8212; Access to OSS-compatible audio devices</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ossaudiodev.html#audio-device-objects">22.9.1. Audio Device Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ossaudiodev.html#mixer-device-objects">22.9.2. Mixer Device Objects</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/i18n.html">23. Internationalization</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/gettext.html">23.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">gettext</span></tt> &#8212; Multilingual internationalization services</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/gettext.html#gnu-gettext-api">23.1.1. GNU <strong class="program">gettext</strong> API</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/gettext.html#class-based-api">23.1.2. Class-based API</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/gettext.html#the-nulltranslations-class">23.1.2.1. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">NullTranslations</span></tt> class</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/gettext.html#the-gnutranslations-class">23.1.2.2. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">GNUTranslations</span></tt> class</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/gettext.html#solaris-message-catalog-support">23.1.2.3. Solaris message catalog support</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/gettext.html#the-catalog-constructor">23.1.2.4. The Catalog constructor</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/gettext.html#internationalizing-your-programs-and-modules">23.1.3. Internationalizing your programs and modules</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/gettext.html#localizing-your-module">23.1.3.1. Localizing your module</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/gettext.html#localizing-your-application">23.1.3.2. Localizing your application</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/gettext.html#changing-languages-on-the-fly">23.1.3.3. Changing languages on the fly</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/gettext.html#deferred-translations">23.1.3.4. Deferred translations</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/gettext.html#acknowledgements">23.1.4. Acknowledgements</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/locale.html">23.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">locale</span></tt> &#8212; Internationalization services</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/locale.html#background-details-hints-tips-and-caveats">23.2.1. Background, details, hints, tips and caveats</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/locale.html#for-extension-writers-and-programs-that-embed-python">23.2.2. For extension writers and programs that embed Python</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/locale.html#access-to-message-catalogs">23.2.3. Access to message catalogs</a></li>
</ul>
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</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/frameworks.html">24. Program Frameworks</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html">24.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">turtle</span></tt> &#8212; Turtle graphics</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#introduction">24.1.1. Introduction</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#overview-of-available-turtle-and-screen-methods">24.1.2. Overview of available Turtle and Screen methods</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#turtle-methods">24.1.2.1. Turtle methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#methods-of-turtlescreen-screen">24.1.2.2. Methods of TurtleScreen/Screen</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#methods-of-rawturtle-turtle-and-corresponding-functions">24.1.3. Methods of RawTurtle/Turtle and corresponding functions</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#turtle-motion">24.1.3.1. Turtle motion</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#tell-turtle-s-state">24.1.3.2. Tell Turtle&#8217;s state</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#settings-for-measurement">24.1.3.3. Settings for measurement</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#pen-control">24.1.3.4. Pen control</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#drawing-state">24.1.3.4.1. Drawing state</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#color-control">24.1.3.4.2. Color control</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#filling">24.1.3.4.3. Filling</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#more-drawing-control">24.1.3.4.4. More drawing control</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#turtle-state">24.1.3.5. Turtle state</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#visibility">24.1.3.5.1. Visibility</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#appearance">24.1.3.5.2. Appearance</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#using-events">24.1.3.6. Using events</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#special-turtle-methods">24.1.3.7. Special Turtle methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#compound-shapes">24.1.3.8. Compound shapes</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#methods-of-turtlescreen-screen-and-corresponding-functions">24.1.4. Methods of TurtleScreen/Screen and corresponding functions</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#window-control">24.1.4.1. Window control</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#animation-control">24.1.4.2. Animation control</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#using-screen-events">24.1.4.3. Using screen events</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#input-methods">24.1.4.4. Input methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#settings-and-special-methods">24.1.4.5. Settings and special methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#methods-specific-to-screen-not-inherited-from-turtlescreen">24.1.4.6. Methods specific to Screen, not inherited from TurtleScreen</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#public-classes">24.1.5. Public classes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#help-and-configuration">24.1.6. Help and configuration</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#how-to-use-help">24.1.6.1. How to use help</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#translation-of-docstrings-into-different-languages">24.1.6.2. Translation of docstrings into different languages</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#how-to-configure-screen-and-turtles">24.1.6.3. How to configure Screen and Turtles</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#module-turtledemo">24.1.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">turtledemo</span></tt> &#8212; Demo scripts</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#changes-since-python-2-6">24.1.8. Changes since Python 2.6</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/turtle.html#changes-since-python-3-0">24.1.9. Changes since Python 3.0</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cmd.html">24.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">cmd</span></tt> &#8212; Support for line-oriented command interpreters</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cmd.html#cmd-objects">24.2.1. Cmd Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/cmd.html#cmd-example">24.2.2. Cmd Example</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/shlex.html">24.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">shlex</span></tt> &#8212; Simple lexical analysis</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/shlex.html#shlex-objects">24.3.1. shlex Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/shlex.html#parsing-rules">24.3.2. Parsing Rules</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tk.html">25. Graphical User Interfaces with Tk</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html">25.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tkinter</span></tt> &#8212; Python interface to Tcl/Tk</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#tkinter-modules">25.1.1. Tkinter Modules</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#tkinter-life-preserver">25.1.2. Tkinter Life Preserver</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#how-to-use-this-section">25.1.2.1. How To Use This Section</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#a-simple-hello-world-program">25.1.2.2. A Simple Hello World Program</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#a-very-quick-look-at-tcl-tk">25.1.3. A (Very) Quick Look at Tcl/Tk</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#mapping-basic-tk-into-tkinter">25.1.4. Mapping Basic Tk into Tkinter</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#how-tk-and-tkinter-are-related">25.1.5. How Tk and Tkinter are Related</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#handy-reference">25.1.6. Handy Reference</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#setting-options">25.1.6.1. Setting Options</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#the-packer">25.1.6.2. The Packer</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#packer-options">25.1.6.3. Packer Options</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#coupling-widget-variables">25.1.6.4. Coupling Widget Variables</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#the-window-manager">25.1.6.5. The Window Manager</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#tk-option-data-types">25.1.6.6. Tk Option Data Types</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#bindings-and-events">25.1.6.7. Bindings and Events</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#the-index-parameter">25.1.6.8. The index Parameter</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.html#images">25.1.6.9. Images</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.ttk.html">25.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tkinter.ttk</span></tt> &#8212; Tk themed widgets</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.ttk.html#using-ttk">25.2.1. Using Ttk</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.ttk.html#ttk-widgets">25.2.2. Ttk Widgets</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.ttk.html#widget">25.2.3. Widget</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.ttk.html#standard-options">25.2.3.1. Standard Options</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.ttk.html#scrollable-widget-options">25.2.3.2. Scrollable Widget Options</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.ttk.html#label-options">25.2.3.3. Label Options</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.ttk.html#compatibility-options">25.2.3.4. Compatibility Options</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.ttk.html#widget-states">25.2.3.5. Widget States</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.ttk.html#ttk-widget">25.2.3.6. ttk.Widget</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.ttk.html#combobox">25.2.4. Combobox</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.ttk.html#options">25.2.4.1. Options</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.ttk.html#virtual-events">25.2.4.2. Virtual events</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tkinter.ttk.html#ttk-combobox">25.2.4.3. ttk.Combobox</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/unittest.mock-examples.html#mocking-unbound-methods">26.5.3.5. Mocking Unbound Methods</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/unittest.mock-examples.html#nesting-patches">26.5.3.8. Nesting Patches</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/unittest.mock-examples.html#mocking-a-dictionary-with-magicmock">26.5.3.9. Mocking a dictionary with MagicMock</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/unittest.mock-examples.html#mocking-imports-with-patch-dict">26.5.3.11. Mocking imports with patch.dict</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/2to3.html">26.6. 2to3 - Automated Python 2 to 3 code translation</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/2to3.html#using-2to3">26.6.1. Using 2to3</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/2to3.html#module-lib2to3">26.6.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">lib2to3</span></tt> - 2to3&#8217;s library</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/test.html">26.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">test</span></tt> &#8212; Regression tests package for Python</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/test.html#writing-unit-tests-for-the-test-package">26.7.1. Writing Unit Tests for the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">test</span></tt> package</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/test.html#running-tests-using-the-command-line-interface">26.7.2. Running tests using the command-line interface</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/test.html#module-test.support">26.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">test.support</span></tt> &#8212; Utilities for the Python test suite</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/debug.html">27. Debugging and Profiling</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/bdb.html">27.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">bdb</span></tt> &#8212; Debugger framework</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/faulthandler.html">27.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">faulthandler</span></tt> &#8212; Dump the Python traceback</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/faulthandler.html#dumping-the-traceback">27.2.1. Dumping the traceback</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/faulthandler.html#fault-handler-state">27.2.2. Fault handler state</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/faulthandler.html#dumping-the-tracebacks-after-a-timeout">27.2.3. Dumping the tracebacks after a timeout</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/faulthandler.html#dumping-the-traceback-on-a-user-signal">27.2.4. Dumping the traceback on a user signal</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/faulthandler.html#issue-with-file-descriptors">27.2.5. Issue with file descriptors</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/faulthandler.html#example">27.2.6. Example</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pdb.html">27.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pdb</span></tt> &#8212; The Python Debugger</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pdb.html#debugger-commands">27.3.1. Debugger Commands</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/profile.html">27.4. The Python Profilers</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/profile.html#introduction-to-the-profilers">27.4.1. Introduction to the profilers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/profile.html#instant-user-s-manual">27.4.2. Instant User&#8217;s Manual</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/profile.html#module-cProfile">27.4.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">profile</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">cProfile</span></tt> Module Reference</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/profile.html#the-stats-class">27.4.4. The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Stats</span></tt> Class</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/profile.html#what-is-deterministic-profiling">27.4.5. What Is Deterministic Profiling?</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/profile.html#limitations">27.4.6. Limitations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/profile.html#calibration">27.4.7. Calibration</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/profile.html#using-a-custom-timer">27.4.8. Using a custom timer</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/timeit.html">27.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">timeit</span></tt> &#8212; Measure execution time of small code snippets</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/timeit.html#basic-examples">27.5.1. Basic Examples</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/timeit.html#python-interface">27.5.2. Python Interface</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/timeit.html#command-line-interface">27.5.3. Command-Line Interface</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/timeit.html#examples">27.5.4. Examples</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/trace.html">27.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">trace</span></tt> &#8212; Trace or track Python statement execution</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/trace.html#command-line-usage">27.6.1. Command-Line Usage</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/trace.html#main-options">27.6.1.1. Main options</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/trace.html#programmatic-interface">27.6.2. Programmatic Interface</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tracemalloc.html">27.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tracemalloc</span></tt> &#8212; Trace memory allocations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tracemalloc.html#examples">27.8. Examples</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tracemalloc.html#display-the-top-10">27.8.1. Display the top 10</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tracemalloc.html#compute-differences">27.8.2. Compute differences</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tracemalloc.html#get-the-traceback-of-a-memory-block">27.8.3. Get the traceback of a memory block</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tracemalloc.html#pretty-top">27.8.4. Pretty top</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tracemalloc.html#api">27.9. API</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tracemalloc.html#functions">27.9.1. Functions</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tracemalloc.html#frame">27.9.3. Frame</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tracemalloc.html#trace">27.9.7. Trace</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/distribution.html">28. Software Packaging and Distribution</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/distutils.html">28.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">distutils</span></tt> &#8212; Building and installing Python modules</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ensurepip.html">28.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ensurepip</span></tt> &#8212; Bootstrapping the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pip</span></tt> installer</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ensurepip.html#command-line-interface">28.2.1. Command line interface</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ensurepip.html#module-api">28.2.2. Module API</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/venv.html">28.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">venv</span></tt> &#8212; Creation of virtual environments</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/venv.html#creating-virtual-environments">28.3.1. Creating virtual environments</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/venv.html#an-example-of-extending-envbuilder">28.3.3. An example of extending <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">EnvBuilder</span></tt></a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/python.html">29. Python Runtime Services</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sys.html">29.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sys</span></tt> &#8212; System-specific parameters and functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sysconfig.html">29.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sysconfig</span></tt> &#8212; Provide access to Python&#8217;s configuration information</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sysconfig.html#configuration-variables">29.2.1. Configuration variables</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sysconfig.html#installation-paths">29.2.2. Installation paths</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sysconfig.html#other-functions">29.2.3. Other functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/sysconfig.html#using-sysconfig-as-a-script">29.2.4. Using <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">sysconfig</span></tt> as a script</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/builtins.html">29.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">builtins</span></tt> &#8212; Built-in objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/__main__.html">29.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__main__</span></tt> &#8212; Top-level script environment</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/warnings.html">29.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">warnings</span></tt> &#8212; Warning control</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/warnings.html#warning-categories">29.5.1. Warning Categories</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/warnings.html#the-warnings-filter">29.5.2. The Warnings Filter</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/warnings.html#default-warning-filters">29.5.2.1. Default Warning Filters</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/warnings.html#temporarily-suppressing-warnings">29.5.3. Temporarily Suppressing Warnings</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/warnings.html#testing-warnings">29.5.4. Testing Warnings</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/warnings.html#updating-code-for-new-versions-of-python">29.5.5. Updating Code For New Versions of Python</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/warnings.html#available-functions">29.5.6. Available Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/warnings.html#available-context-managers">29.5.7. Available Context Managers</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/contextlib.html">29.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">contextlib</span></tt> &#8212; Utilities for <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">with</span></tt>-statement contexts</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/contextlib.html#utilities">29.6.1. Utilities</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/contextlib.html#examples-and-recipes">29.6.2. Examples and Recipes</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/contextlib.html#supporting-a-variable-number-of-context-managers">29.6.2.1. Supporting a variable number of context managers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/contextlib.html#simplifying-support-for-single-optional-context-managers">29.6.2.2. Simplifying support for single optional context managers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/contextlib.html#catching-exceptions-from-enter-methods">29.6.2.3. Catching exceptions from <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__enter__</span></tt> methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/contextlib.html#cleaning-up-in-an-enter-implementation">29.6.2.4. Cleaning up in an <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__enter__</span></tt> implementation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/contextlib.html#replacing-any-use-of-try-finally-and-flag-variables">29.6.2.5. Replacing any use of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">try-finally</span></tt> and flag variables</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/contextlib.html#using-a-context-manager-as-a-function-decorator">29.6.2.6. Using a context manager as a function decorator</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/contextlib.html#single-use-reusable-and-reentrant-context-managers">29.6.3. Single use, reusable and reentrant context managers</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/contextlib.html#reentrant-context-managers">29.6.3.1. Reentrant context managers</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/contextlib.html#reusable-context-managers">29.6.3.2. Reusable context managers</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/abc.html">29.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">abc</span></tt> &#8212; Abstract Base Classes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/atexit.html">29.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">atexit</span></tt> &#8212; Exit handlers</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/atexit.html#atexit-example">29.8.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">atexit</span></tt> Example</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/traceback.html">29.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">traceback</span></tt> &#8212; Print or retrieve a stack traceback</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/traceback.html#traceback-examples">29.9.1. Traceback Examples</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/__future__.html">29.10. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">__future__</span></tt> &#8212; Future statement definitions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/gc.html">29.11. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">gc</span></tt> &#8212; Garbage Collector interface</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/inspect.html#types-and-members">29.12.1. Types and members</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/inspect.html#retrieving-source-code">29.12.2. Retrieving source code</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/inspect.html#introspecting-callables-with-the-signature-object">29.12.3. Introspecting callables with the Signature object</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/inspect.html#command-line-interface">29.12.8. Command Line Interface</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/site.html#readline-configuration">29.13.1. Readline configuration</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/fpectl.html#example">29.14.1. Example</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/codeop.html">30.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">codeop</span></tt> &#8212; Compile Python code</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/zipimport.html">31.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">zipimport</span></tt> &#8212; Import modules from Zip archives</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pkgutil.html">31.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pkgutil</span></tt> &#8212; Package extension utility</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/modulefinder.html">31.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">modulefinder</span></tt> &#8212; Find modules used by a script</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/modulefinder.html#example-usage-of-modulefinder">31.4.1. Example usage of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ModuleFinder</span></tt></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/runpy.html">31.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">runpy</span></tt> &#8212; Locating and executing Python modules</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/importlib.html">31.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">importlib</span></tt> &#8211; The implementation of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">import</span></tt></a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/importlib.html#introduction">31.6.1. Introduction</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/importlib.html#functions">31.6.2. Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/importlib.html#module-importlib.abc">31.6.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">importlib.abc</span></tt> &#8211; Abstract base classes related to import</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/importlib.html#module-importlib.machinery">31.6.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">importlib.machinery</span></tt> &#8211; Importers and path hooks</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/importlib.html#module-importlib.util">31.6.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">importlib.util</span></tt> &#8211; Utility code for importers</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/language.html">32. Python Language Services</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/parser.html">32.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">parser</span></tt> &#8212; Access Python parse trees</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/parser.html#creating-st-objects">32.1.1. Creating ST Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/parser.html#converting-st-objects">32.1.2. Converting ST Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/parser.html#queries-on-st-objects">32.1.3. Queries on ST Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/parser.html#exceptions-and-error-handling">32.1.4. Exceptions and Error Handling</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/parser.html#st-objects">32.1.5. ST Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/parser.html#example-emulation-of-compile">32.1.6. Example: Emulation of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">compile()</span></tt></a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ast.html">32.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ast</span></tt> &#8212; Abstract Syntax Trees</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ast.html#node-classes">32.2.1. Node classes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ast.html#abstract-grammar">32.2.2. Abstract Grammar</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/ast.html#ast-helpers">32.2.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ast</span></tt> Helpers</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/symtable.html">32.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">symtable</span></tt> &#8212; Access to the compiler&#8217;s symbol tables</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/symtable.html#generating-symbol-tables">32.3.1. Generating Symbol Tables</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/symtable.html#examining-symbol-tables">32.3.2. Examining Symbol Tables</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/symbol.html">32.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">symbol</span></tt> &#8212; Constants used with Python parse trees</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/token.html">32.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">token</span></tt> &#8212; Constants used with Python parse trees</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/keyword.html">32.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">keyword</span></tt> &#8212; Testing for Python keywords</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tokenize.html">32.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tokenize</span></tt> &#8212; Tokenizer for Python source</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tokenize.html#tokenizing-input">32.7.1. Tokenizing Input</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tokenize.html#command-line-usage">32.7.2. Command-Line Usage</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tokenize.html#examples">32.7.3. Examples</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tabnanny.html">32.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tabnanny</span></tt> &#8212; Detection of ambiguous indentation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pyclbr.html">32.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pyclbr</span></tt> &#8212; Python class browser support</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pyclbr.html#class-objects">32.9.1. Class Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pyclbr.html#function-objects">32.9.2. Function Objects</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/py_compile.html">32.10. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">py_compile</span></tt> &#8212; Compile Python source files</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/compileall.html">32.11. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">compileall</span></tt> &#8212; Byte-compile Python libraries</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/compileall.html#command-line-use">32.11.1. Command-line use</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/compileall.html#public-functions">32.11.2. Public functions</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/dis.html">32.12. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">dis</span></tt> &#8212; Disassembler for Python bytecode</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/dis.html#bytecode-analysis">32.12.1. Bytecode analysis</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/dis.html#analysis-functions">32.12.2. Analysis functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/dis.html#python-bytecode-instructions">32.12.3. Python Bytecode Instructions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/dis.html#opcode-collections">32.12.4. Opcode collections</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickletools.html">32.13. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pickletools</span></tt> &#8212; Tools for pickle developers</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickletools.html#command-line-usage">32.13.1. Command line usage</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickletools.html#command-line-options">32.13.1.1. Command line options</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pickletools.html#programmatic-interface">32.13.2. Programmatic Interface</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/misc.html">33. Miscellaneous Services</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/formatter.html">33.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">formatter</span></tt> &#8212; Generic output formatting</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/formatter.html#the-formatter-interface">33.1.1. The Formatter Interface</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/formatter.html#formatter-implementations">33.1.2. Formatter Implementations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/formatter.html#the-writer-interface">33.1.3. The Writer Interface</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/formatter.html#writer-implementations">33.1.4. Writer Implementations</a></li>
</ul>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/windows.html">34. MS Windows Specific Services</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/msilib.html">34.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">msilib</span></tt> &#8212; Read and write Microsoft Installer files</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/msilib.html#database-objects">34.1.1. Database Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/msilib.html#view-objects">34.1.2. View Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/msilib.html#summary-information-objects">34.1.3. Summary Information Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/msilib.html#record-objects">34.1.4. Record Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/msilib.html#errors">34.1.5. Errors</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/msilib.html#cab-objects">34.1.6. CAB Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/msilib.html#directory-objects">34.1.7. Directory Objects</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/msilib.html#features">34.1.8. Features</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/msilib.html#gui-classes">34.1.9. GUI classes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/msilib.html#precomputed-tables">34.1.10. Precomputed tables</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/msvcrt.html">34.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">msvcrt</span></tt> &#8211; Useful routines from the MS VC++ runtime</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/msvcrt.html#file-operations">34.2.1. File Operations</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/msvcrt.html#console-i-o">34.2.2. Console I/O</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/msvcrt.html#other-functions">34.2.3. Other Functions</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/winreg.html">34.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">winreg</span></tt> &#8211; Windows registry access</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/winreg.html#functions">34.3.1. Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/winreg.html#constants">34.3.2. Constants</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/winreg.html#hkey-constants">34.3.2.1. HKEY_* Constants</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/winreg.html#access-rights">34.3.2.2. Access Rights</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="library/winreg.html#bit-specific">34.3.2.2.1. 64-bit Specific</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/winreg.html#value-types">34.3.2.3. Value Types</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/winreg.html#registry-handle-objects">34.3.3. Registry Handle Objects</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/winsound.html">34.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">winsound</span></tt> &#8212; Sound-playing interface for Windows</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/unix.html">35. Unix Specific Services</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/posix.html">35.1. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">posix</span></tt> &#8212; The most common POSIX system calls</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/posix.html#large-file-support">35.1.1. Large File Support</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/posix.html#notable-module-contents">35.1.2. Notable Module Contents</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pwd.html">35.2. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pwd</span></tt> &#8212; The password database</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/spwd.html">35.3. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">spwd</span></tt> &#8212; The shadow password database</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/grp.html">35.4. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">grp</span></tt> &#8212; The group database</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/crypt.html">35.5. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">crypt</span></tt> &#8212; Function to check Unix passwords</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/crypt.html#hashing-methods">35.5.1. Hashing Methods</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/crypt.html#module-attributes">35.5.2. Module Attributes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/crypt.html#module-functions">35.5.3. Module Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/crypt.html#examples">35.5.4. Examples</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/termios.html">35.6. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">termios</span></tt> &#8212; POSIX style tty control</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/termios.html#example">35.6.1. Example</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/tty.html">35.7. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">tty</span></tt> &#8212; Terminal control functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pty.html">35.8. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pty</span></tt> &#8212; Pseudo-terminal utilities</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pty.html#example">35.8.1. Example</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/fcntl.html">35.9. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fcntl</span></tt> &#8212; The <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">fcntl</span></tt> and <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">ioctl</span></tt> system calls</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pipes.html">35.10. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pipes</span></tt> &#8212; Interface to shell pipelines</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/pipes.html#template-objects">35.10.1. Template Objects</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/resource.html">35.11. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">resource</span></tt> &#8212; Resource usage information</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/resource.html#resource-limits">35.11.1. Resource Limits</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/resource.html#resource-usage">35.11.2. Resource Usage</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/nis.html">35.12. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">nis</span></tt> &#8212; Interface to Sun&#8217;s NIS (Yellow Pages)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/syslog.html">35.13. <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">syslog</span></tt> &#8212; Unix syslog library routines</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="library/syslog.html#examples">35.13.1. Examples</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="library/syslog.html#simple-example">35.13.1.1. Simple example</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="library/undoc.html">36. Undocumented Modules</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="library/undoc.html#platform-specific-modules">36.1. Platform specific modules</a></li>
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</li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/index.html">Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/index.html#recommended-third-party-tools">Recommended third party tools</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/index.html#creating-extensions-without-third-party-tools">Creating extensions without third party tools</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html">1. Extending Python with C or C++</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html#a-simple-example">1.1. A Simple Example</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html#intermezzo-errors-and-exceptions">1.2. Intermezzo: Errors and Exceptions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html#back-to-the-example">1.3. Back to the Example</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html#the-module-s-method-table-and-initialization-function">1.4. The Module&#8217;s Method Table and Initialization Function</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html#compilation-and-linkage">1.5. Compilation and Linkage</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html#calling-python-functions-from-c">1.6. Calling Python Functions from C</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html#extracting-parameters-in-extension-functions">1.7. Extracting Parameters in Extension Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html#keyword-parameters-for-extension-functions">1.8. Keyword Parameters for Extension Functions</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html#building-arbitrary-values">1.9. Building Arbitrary Values</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html#reference-counts">1.10. Reference Counts</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html#reference-counting-in-python">1.10.1. Reference Counting in Python</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html#ownership-rules">1.10.2. Ownership Rules</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html#thin-ice">1.10.3. Thin Ice</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html#null-pointers">1.10.4. NULL Pointers</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html#writing-extensions-in-c">1.11. Writing Extensions in C++</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/extending.html#providing-a-c-api-for-an-extension-module">1.12. Providing a C API for an Extension Module</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l3"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/newtypes.html">2. Defining New Types</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/newtypes.html#the-basics">2.1. The Basics</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/newtypes.html#adding-data-and-methods-to-the-basic-example">2.1.1. Adding data and methods to the Basic example</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/newtypes.html#providing-finer-control-over-data-attributes">2.1.2. Providing finer control over data attributes</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/newtypes.html#supporting-cyclic-garbage-collection">2.1.3. Supporting cyclic garbage collection</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/newtypes.html#subclassing-other-types">2.1.4. Subclassing other types</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l4"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/newtypes.html#type-methods">2.2. Type Methods</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/newtypes.html#finalization-and-de-allocation">2.2.1. Finalization and De-allocation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/newtypes.html#object-presentation">2.2.2. Object Presentation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/newtypes.html#attribute-management">2.2.3. Attribute Management</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/newtypes.html#generic-attribute-management">2.2.3.1. Generic Attribute Management</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l6"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/newtypes.html#type-specific-attribute-management">2.2.3.2. Type-specific Attribute Management</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/newtypes.html#object-comparison">2.2.4. Object Comparison</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/newtypes.html#abstract-protocol-support">2.2.5. Abstract Protocol Support</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/newtypes.html#weak-reference-support">2.2.6. Weak Reference Support</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l5"><a class="reference internal" href="extending/newtypes.html#more-suggestions">2.2.7. More Suggestions</a></li>
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