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Contents

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Built-in Types, Exceptions and Functions
  • 2.1 Built-in Types
    • 2.1.1 Truth Value Testing
    • 2.1.2 Boolean Operations
    • 2.1.3 Comparisons
    • 2.1.4 Numeric Types
      • Bit-string Operations on Integer Types
    • 2.1.5 Sequence Types
      • More String Operations
      • Mutable Sequence Types
    • 2.1.6 Mapping Types
    • 2.1.7 Other Built-in Types
      • Modules
      • Classes and Class Instances
      • Functions
      • Methods
      • Code Objects
      • Type Objects
      • The Null Object
      • File Objects
      • Internal Objects
    • 2.1.8 Special Attributes
  • 2.2 Built-in Exceptions
  • 2.3 Built-in Functions
• 3 Python Services
  • 3.1 Built-in Module sys
  • 3.2 Standard Module types
  • 3.3 Standard Module traceback
  • 3.4 Standard Module pickle
  • 3.5 Standard Module shelve
  • 3.6 Standard Module copy
  • 3.7 Built-in Module marshal
  • 3.8 Built-in Module imp
    • 3.8.1 Examples
  • 3.9 Built-in Module parser
    • 3.9.1 Creating AST Objects
    • 3.9.2 Converting AST Objects
    • 3.9.3 Queries on AST Objects
    • 3.9.4 Exceptions and Error Handling
    • 3.9.5 AST Objects
    • 3.9.6 Examples
      • Emulation of compile()
      • Information Discovery
  • 3.10 Built-in Module __builtin__
  • 3.11 Built-in Module __main__
• 4 String Services
  • 4.1 Standard Module string
  • 4.2 Built-in Module regex
    • 4.2.1 Regular Expressions
    • 4.2.2 Module Contents
  • 4.3 Standard Module regsub
  • 4.4 Built-in Module struct
• 5 Miscellaneous Services
  • 5.1 Built-in Module math
  • 5.2 Standard Module rand
  • 5.3 Standard Module whrandom
  • 5.4 Built-in Module array
• 6 Generic Operating System Services
  • 6.1 Standard Module os
  • 6.2 Built-in Module time
  • 6.3 Standard Module getopt
  • 6.4 Standard Module tempfile
  • 6.5 Standard Module errno
• 7 Optional Operating System Services
  • 7.1 Built-in Module signal
  • 7.2 Built-in Module socket
    • 7.2.1 Socket Objects
    • 7.2.2 Example
  • 7.3 Built-in Module select
  • 7.4 Built-in Module thread
• 8 UNIX Specific Services
  • 8.1 Built-in Module posix
  • 8.2 Standard Module posixpath
  • 8.3 Built-in Module pwd
  • 8.4 Built-in Module grp
  • 8.5 Built-in module crypt
  • 8.6 Built-in Module dbm
  • 8.7 Built-in Module gdbm
  • 8.8 Built-in Module termios
    • 8.8.1 Example
  • 8.9 Standard Module TERMIOS
  • 8.10 Built-in Module fcntl
  • 8.11 Standard Module posixfile
  • 8.12 Built-in Module syslog
• 9 The Python Debugger
  • 9.1 Debugger Commands
  • 9.2 How It Works
• 10 The Python Profiler
  • 10.1 Introduction to the profiler
  • 10.2 How Is This Profiler Different From The Old Profiler?
  • 10.3 Instant Users Manual
  • 10.4 What Is Deterministic Profiling?
  • 10.5 Reference Manual
    • 10.5.1 The Stats Class
  • 10.6 Limitations
  • 10.7 Calibration
  • 10.8 Extensions - Deriving Better Profilers
    • 10.8.1 OldProfile Class
    • 10.8.2 HotProfile Class
• 11 Internet and WWW Services
  • 11.1 Standard Module cgi
    • 11.1.1 Introduction
    • 11.1.2 Using the cgi module
    • 11.1.3 Old classes
    • 11.1.4 Functions
    • 11.1.5 Caring about security
    • 11.1.6 Installing your CGI script on a Unix system
    • 11.1.7 Testing your CGI script
    • 11.1.8 Debugging CGI scripts
    • 11.1.9 Common problems and solutions
  • 11.2 Standard Module urllib
  • 11.3 Standard Module httplib
    • 11.3.1 HTTP Objects
    • 11.3.2 Example
  • 11.4 Standard Module ftplib
    • 11.4.1 FTP Objects
  • 11.5 Standard Module gopherlib
  • 11.6 Standard Module nntplib
    • 11.6.1 NNTP Objects
  • 11.7 Standard Module urlparse
  • 11.8 Standard Module sgmllib
  • 11.9 Standard Module htmllib
  • 11.10 Standard Module formatter
    • 11.10.1 The Formatter Interface
    • 11.10.2 Formatter Implementations
    • 11.10.3 The Writer Interface
    • 11.10.4 Writer Implementations
  • 11.11 Standard Module rfc822
    • 11.11.1 Message Objects
  • 11.12 Standard Module mimetools
    • 11.12.1 Additional Methods of Message objects
  • 11.13 Standard module binhex
    • 11.13.1 notes
  • 11.14 Standard module uu
  • 11.15 Built-in Module binascii
  • 11.16 Standard module xdrlib
    • 11.16.1 Packer Objects
    • 11.16.2 Unpacker Objects
    • 11.16.3 Exceptions
    • 11.16.4 Supporting Floating Point Data
• 12 Restricted Execution
  • 12.1 Standard Module rexec
    • 12.1.1 An example
  • 12.2 Standard Module Bastion
• 13 Multimedia Services
  • 13.1 Built-in Module audioop
  • 13.2 Built-in Module imageop
  • 13.3 Standard Module aifc
  • 13.4 Built-in Module jpeg
  • 13.5 Built-in Module rgbimg
  • 13.6 Standard module imghdr
• 14 Cryptographic Services
  • 14.1 Built-in Module md5
  • 14.2 Built-in Module mpz
  • 14.3 Built-in Module rotor
• 15 Macintosh Specific Services
  • 15.1 Built-in Module mac
  • 15.2 Standard Module macpath
  • 15.3 Built-in Module ctb
    • 15.3.1 connection object
  • 15.4 Built-in Module macconsole
    • 15.4.1 macconsole options object
    • 15.4.2 console window object
  • 15.5 Built-in Module macdnr
    • 15.5.1 dnr result object
  • 15.6 Built-in Module macfs
    • 15.6.1 FSSpec objects
    • 15.6.2 alias objects
    • 15.6.3 FInfo objects
  • 15.7 Built-in Module MacOS
  • 15.8 Standard module macostools
  • 15.9 Standard module findertools
  • 15.10 Built-in Module mactcp
    • 15.10.1 TCP Stream Objects
    • 15.10.2 TCP Status Objects
    • 15.10.3 UDP Stream Objects
  • 15.11 Built-in Module macspeech
    • 15.11.1 voice objects
    • 15.11.2 speech channel objects
  • 15.12 Standard module EasyDialogs
  • 15.13 Standard module FrameWork
    • 15.13.1 Application objects
    • 15.13.2 Window Objects
    • 15.13.3 ControlsWindow Object
    • 15.13.4 ScrolledWindow Object
    • 15.13.5 DialogWindow Objects
  • 15.14 Standard module MiniAEFrame
    • 15.14.1 AEServer Objects
• 16 Standard Windowing Interface
  • 16.1 Built-in Module stdwin
    • 16.1.1 Functions Defined in Module stdwin
    • 16.1.2 Window Objects
    • 16.1.3 Drawing Objects
    • 16.1.4 Menu Objects
    • 16.1.5 Bitmap Objects
    • 16.1.6 Text-edit Objects
    • 16.1.7 Example
  • 16.2 Standard Module stdwinevents
  • 16.3 Standard Module rect
• 17 SGI IRIX Specific Services
  • 17.1 Built-in Module al
    • 17.1.1 Configuration Objects
    • 17.1.2 Port Objects
  • 17.2 Standard Module AL
  • 17.3 Built-in Module cd
  • 17.4 Built-in Module fl
    • 17.4.1 Functions Defined in Module fl
    • 17.4.2 Form Objects
    • 17.4.3 FORMS Objects
  • 17.5 Standard Module FL
  • 17.6 Standard Module flp
  • 17.7 Built-in Module fm
  • 17.8 Built-in Module gl
  • 17.9 Standard Modules GL and DEVICE
  • 17.10 Built-in Module imgfile
• 18 SunOS Specific Services
  • 18.1 Built-in Module sunaudiodev
    • 18.1.1 Audio Device Objects
• Index
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