Python Documentation contents

• What’s New in Python
  • What’s New in Python 2.6
  • What’s New in Python 2.5
  • What’s New in Python 2.4
  • What’s New in Python 2.3
  • What’s New in Python 2.2
  • What’s New in Python 2.1
  • What’s New in Python 2.0
• The Python Tutorial
  • 1. Whetting Your Appetite
  • 2. Using the Python Interpreter
  • 3. An Informal Introduction to Python
  • 4. More Control Flow Tools
  • 5. Data Structures
  • 6. Modules
  • 7. Input and Output
  • 8. Errors and Exceptions
  • 9. Classes
  • 10. Brief Tour of the Standard Library
  • 11. Brief Tour of the Standard Library – Part II
  • 12. What Now?
  • 13. Interactive Input Editing and History Substitution
  • 14. Floating Point Arithmetic: Issues and Limitations
• Using Python
  • 1. Command line and environment
  • 2. Using Python on Unix platforms
  • 3. Using Python on Windows
  • 4. Using Python on a Macintosh
• The Python Language Reference
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Lexical analysis
  • 3. Data model
  • 4. Execution model
  • 5. Expressions
  • 6. Simple statements
  • 7. Compound statements
  • 8. Top-level components
  • 9. Full Grammar specification
• The Python Standard Library
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Built-in Functions
  • 3. Non-essential Built-in Functions
  • 4. Built-in Constants
  • 5. Built-in Types
  • 6. Built-in Exceptions
  • 7. String Services
  • 8. Data Types
  • 9. Numeric and Mathematical Modules
  • 10. File and Directory Access
  • 11. Data Persistence
  • 12. Data Compression and Archiving
  • 13. File Formats
  • 14. Cryptographic Services
  • 15. Generic Operating System Services
  • 16. Optional Operating System Services
  • 17. Interprocess Communication and Networking
  • 18. Internet Data Handling
  • 19. Structured Markup Processing Tools
  • 20. Internet Protocols and Support
  • 21. Multimedia Services
  • 22. Internationalization
  • 23. Program Frameworks
  • 24. Graphical User Interfaces with Tk
  • 25. Development Tools
  • 26. Debugging and Profiling
  • 27. Python Runtime Services
  • 28. Custom Python Interpreters
  • 29. Restricted Execution
  • 30. Importing Modules
  • 31. Python Language Services
  • 32. Python compiler package
  • 33. Miscellaneous Services
  • 34. MS Windows Specific Services
  • 35. Unix Specific Services
  • 36. Mac OS X specific services
  • 37. MacPython OSA Modules
  • 38. SGI IRIX Specific Services
  • 39. SunOS Specific Services
  • 40. Undocumented Modules
• Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter
  • 1. Extending Python with C or C++
  • 2. Defining New Types
  • 3. Building C and C++ Extensions with distutils
  • 4. Building C and C++ Extensions on Windows
  • 5. Embedding Python in Another Application
• Python/C API Reference Manual
  • Introduction
  • The Very High Level Layer
  • Reference Counting
  • Exception Handling
  • Utilities
  • Abstract Objects Layer
  • Concrete Objects Layer
  • Initialization, Finalization, and Threads
  • Memory Management
  • Object Implementation Support
• Distributing Python Modules
  • 1. An Introduction to Distutils
  • 2. Writing the Setup Script
  • 3. Writing the Setup Configuration File
  • 4. Creating a Source Distribution
  • 5. Creating Built Distributions
  • 6. Registering with the Package Index
  • 7. Uploading Packages to the Package Index
  • 8. Examples
  • 9. Extending Distutils
  • 10. Command Reference
  • 11. API Reference
• Installing Python Modules
  • Introduction
  • Standard Build and Install
  • Alternate Installation
  • Custom Installation
  • Distutils Configuration Files
  • Building Extensions: Tips and Tricks
• Documenting Python
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Style Guide
  • 3. reStructuredText Primer
  • 4. Additional Markup Constructs
  • 5. Differences to the LaTeX markup
  • 6. Building the documentation
• Python HOWTOs
  • Python Advocacy HOWTO
  • Porting Extension Modules to 3.0
  • Curses Programming with Python
  • Descriptor HowTo Guide
  • Idioms and Anti-Idioms in Python
  • Functional Programming HOWTO
  • Regular Expression HOWTO
  • Socket Programming HOWTO
  • Sorting HOW TO
  • Unicode HOWTO
  • HOWTO Fetch Internet Resources Using urllib2
  • HOWTO Use Python in the web
• Python Frequently Asked Questions
  • General Python FAQ
  • Programming FAQ
  • Design and History FAQ
  • Library and Extension FAQ
  • Extending/Embedding FAQ
  • Python on Windows FAQ
  • Graphic User Interface FAQ
  • “Why is Python Installed on my Computer?” FAQ
• Glossary
• About these documents
• Reporting Bugs
  • Documentation bugs
  • Using the Python issue tracker
• Copyright
• History and License
  • History of the software
  • Terms and conditions for accessing or otherwise using Python
  • Licenses and Acknowledgements for Incorporated Software