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Python
13448 lines
645 KiB
Python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Sun Dec 23 16:24:58 2018
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topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
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'**********************\n'
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'\n'
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'Assert statements are a convenient way to insert debugging '
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'assertions\n'
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'into a program:\n'
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'\n'
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' assert_stmt ::= "assert" expression ["," expression]\n'
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'\n'
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'The simple form, "assert expression", is equivalent to\n'
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'\n'
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' if __debug__:\n'
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' if not expression: raise AssertionError\n'
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'\n'
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'The extended form, "assert expression1, expression2", is '
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'equivalent to\n'
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'\n'
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' if __debug__:\n'
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' if not expression1: raise AssertionError(expression2)\n'
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'\n'
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'These equivalences assume that "__debug__" and "AssertionError" '
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'refer\n'
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'to the built-in variables with those names. In the current\n'
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'implementation, the built-in variable "__debug__" is "True" under\n'
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'normal circumstances, "False" when optimization is requested '
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'(command\n'
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'line option "-O"). The current code generator emits no code for '
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'an\n'
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'assert statement when optimization is requested at compile time. '
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'Note\n'
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'that it is unnecessary to include the source code for the '
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'expression\n'
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'that failed in the error message; it will be displayed as part of '
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'the\n'
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'stack trace.\n'
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'\n'
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'Assignments to "__debug__" are illegal. The value for the '
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'built-in\n'
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'variable is determined when the interpreter starts.\n',
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'assignment': 'Assignment statements\n'
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'*********************\n'
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'\n'
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'Assignment statements are used to (re)bind names to values and '
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'to\n'
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'modify attributes or items of mutable objects:\n'
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'\n'
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' assignment_stmt ::= (target_list "=")+ (starred_expression '
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'| yield_expression)\n'
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' target_list ::= target ("," target)* [","]\n'
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' target ::= identifier\n'
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' | "(" [target_list] ")"\n'
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' | "[" [target_list] "]"\n'
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' | attributeref\n'
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' | subscription\n'
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' | slicing\n'
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' | "*" target\n'
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'\n'
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'(See section Primaries for the syntax definitions for '
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'*attributeref*,\n'
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'*subscription*, and *slicing*.)\n'
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'\n'
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'An assignment statement evaluates the expression list '
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'(remember that\n'
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'this can be a single expression or a comma-separated list, the '
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'latter\n'
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'yielding a tuple) and assigns the single resulting object to '
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'each of\n'
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'the target lists, from left to right.\n'
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'\n'
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'Assignment is defined recursively depending on the form of the '
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'target\n'
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'(list). When a target is part of a mutable object (an '
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'attribute\n'
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'reference, subscription or slicing), the mutable object must\n'
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'ultimately perform the assignment and decide about its '
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'validity, and\n'
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'may raise an exception if the assignment is unacceptable. The '
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'rules\n'
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'observed by various types and the exceptions raised are given '
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'with the\n'
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'definition of the object types (see section The standard type\n'
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'hierarchy).\n'
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'\n'
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'Assignment of an object to a target list, optionally enclosed '
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'in\n'
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'parentheses or square brackets, is recursively defined as '
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'follows.\n'
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'\n'
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'* If the target list is a single target with no trailing '
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'comma,\n'
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' optionally in parentheses, the object is assigned to that '
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'target.\n'
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'\n'
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'* Else: The object must be an iterable with the same number of '
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'items\n'
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' as there are targets in the target list, and the items are '
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'assigned,\n'
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' from left to right, to the corresponding targets.\n'
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'\n'
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' * If the target list contains one target prefixed with an\n'
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' asterisk, called a “starred” target: The object must be '
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'an\n'
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' iterable with at least as many items as there are targets '
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'in the\n'
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' target list, minus one. The first items of the iterable '
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'are\n'
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' assigned, from left to right, to the targets before the '
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'starred\n'
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' target. The final items of the iterable are assigned to '
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'the\n'
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' targets after the starred target. A list of the remaining '
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'items\n'
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' in the iterable is then assigned to the starred target '
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'(the list\n'
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' can be empty).\n'
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'\n'
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' * Else: The object must be an iterable with the same number '
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'of\n'
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' items as there are targets in the target list, and the '
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'items are\n'
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' assigned, from left to right, to the corresponding '
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'targets.\n'
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'\n'
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'Assignment of an object to a single target is recursively '
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'defined as\n'
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'follows.\n'
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'\n'
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'* If the target is an identifier (name):\n'
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'\n'
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' * If the name does not occur in a "global" or "nonlocal" '
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'statement\n'
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' in the current code block: the name is bound to the object '
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'in the\n'
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' current local namespace.\n'
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'\n'
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' * Otherwise: the name is bound to the object in the global\n'
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' namespace or the outer namespace determined by '
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'"nonlocal",\n'
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' respectively.\n'
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'\n'
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' The name is rebound if it was already bound. This may cause '
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'the\n'
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' reference count for the object previously bound to the name '
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'to reach\n'
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' zero, causing the object to be deallocated and its '
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'destructor (if it\n'
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' has one) to be called.\n'
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'\n'
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'* If the target is an attribute reference: The primary '
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'expression in\n'
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' the reference is evaluated. It should yield an object with\n'
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' assignable attributes; if this is not the case, "TypeError" '
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'is\n'
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' raised. That object is then asked to assign the assigned '
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'object to\n'
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' the given attribute; if it cannot perform the assignment, it '
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'raises\n'
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' an exception (usually but not necessarily '
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'"AttributeError").\n'
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'\n'
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' Note: If the object is a class instance and the attribute '
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'reference\n'
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' occurs on both sides of the assignment operator, the RHS '
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'expression,\n'
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' "a.x" can access either an instance attribute or (if no '
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'instance\n'
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' attribute exists) a class attribute. The LHS target "a.x" '
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'is always\n'
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' set as an instance attribute, creating it if necessary. '
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'Thus, the\n'
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' two occurrences of "a.x" do not necessarily refer to the '
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'same\n'
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' attribute: if the RHS expression refers to a class '
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'attribute, the\n'
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' LHS creates a new instance attribute as the target of the\n'
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' assignment:\n'
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'\n'
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' class Cls:\n'
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' x = 3 # class variable\n'
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' inst = Cls()\n'
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' inst.x = inst.x + 1 # writes inst.x as 4 leaving Cls.x '
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'as 3\n'
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'\n'
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' This description does not necessarily apply to descriptor\n'
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' attributes, such as properties created with "property()".\n'
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'\n'
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'* If the target is a subscription: The primary expression in '
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'the\n'
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' reference is evaluated. It should yield either a mutable '
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'sequence\n'
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' object (such as a list) or a mapping object (such as a '
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'dictionary).\n'
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' Next, the subscript expression is evaluated.\n'
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'\n'
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' If the primary is a mutable sequence object (such as a '
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'list), the\n'
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' subscript must yield an integer. If it is negative, the '
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'sequence’s\n'
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' length is added to it. The resulting value must be a '
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'nonnegative\n'
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' integer less than the sequence’s length, and the sequence is '
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'asked\n'
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' to assign the assigned object to its item with that index. '
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'If the\n'
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' index is out of range, "IndexError" is raised (assignment to '
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'a\n'
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' subscripted sequence cannot add new items to a list).\n'
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'\n'
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' If the primary is a mapping object (such as a dictionary), '
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'the\n'
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' subscript must have a type compatible with the mapping’s key '
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'type,\n'
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' and the mapping is then asked to create a key/datum pair '
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'which maps\n'
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' the subscript to the assigned object. This can either '
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'replace an\n'
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' existing key/value pair with the same key value, or insert a '
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'new\n'
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' key/value pair (if no key with the same value existed).\n'
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'\n'
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' For user-defined objects, the "__setitem__()" method is '
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'called with\n'
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' appropriate arguments.\n'
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'\n'
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'* If the target is a slicing: The primary expression in the\n'
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' reference is evaluated. It should yield a mutable sequence '
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'object\n'
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' (such as a list). The assigned object should be a sequence '
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'object\n'
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' of the same type. Next, the lower and upper bound '
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'expressions are\n'
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' evaluated, insofar they are present; defaults are zero and '
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'the\n'
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' sequence’s length. The bounds should evaluate to integers. '
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'If\n'
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' either bound is negative, the sequence’s length is added to '
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'it. The\n'
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' resulting bounds are clipped to lie between zero and the '
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'sequence’s\n'
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' length, inclusive. Finally, the sequence object is asked to '
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'replace\n'
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' the slice with the items of the assigned sequence. The '
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'length of\n'
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' the slice may be different from the length of the assigned '
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'sequence,\n'
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' thus changing the length of the target sequence, if the '
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'target\n'
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' sequence allows it.\n'
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'\n'
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'**CPython implementation detail:** In the current '
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'implementation, the\n'
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'syntax for targets is taken to be the same as for expressions, '
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'and\n'
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'invalid syntax is rejected during the code generation phase, '
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'causing\n'
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'less detailed error messages.\n'
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'\n'
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'Although the definition of assignment implies that overlaps '
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'between\n'
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'the left-hand side and the right-hand side are ‘simultaneous’ '
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'(for\n'
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'example "a, b = b, a" swaps two variables), overlaps *within* '
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'the\n'
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'collection of assigned-to variables occur left-to-right, '
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'sometimes\n'
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'resulting in confusion. For instance, the following program '
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'prints\n'
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'"[0, 2]":\n'
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'\n'
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' x = [0, 1]\n'
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' i = 0\n'
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' i, x[i] = 1, 2 # i is updated, then x[i] is '
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'updated\n'
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' print(x)\n'
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'\n'
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'See also:\n'
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'\n'
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' **PEP 3132** - Extended Iterable Unpacking\n'
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' The specification for the "*target" feature.\n'
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'\n'
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'\n'
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'Augmented assignment statements\n'
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'===============================\n'
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'\n'
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'Augmented assignment is the combination, in a single '
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'statement, of a\n'
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'binary operation and an assignment statement:\n'
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'\n'
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' augmented_assignment_stmt ::= augtarget augop '
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'(expression_list | yield_expression)\n'
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' augtarget ::= identifier | attributeref | '
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'subscription | slicing\n'
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' augop ::= "+=" | "-=" | "*=" | "@=" | '
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'"/=" | "//=" | "%=" | "**="\n'
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' | ">>=" | "<<=" | "&=" | "^=" | "|="\n'
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'\n'
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'(See section Primaries for the syntax definitions of the last '
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'three\n'
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'symbols.)\n'
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'\n'
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'An augmented assignment evaluates the target (which, unlike '
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'normal\n'
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'assignment statements, cannot be an unpacking) and the '
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'expression\n'
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'list, performs the binary operation specific to the type of '
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'assignment\n'
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'on the two operands, and assigns the result to the original '
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'target.\n'
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'The target is only evaluated once.\n'
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'\n'
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'An augmented assignment expression like "x += 1" can be '
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'rewritten as\n'
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'"x = x + 1" to achieve a similar, but not exactly equal '
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'effect. In the\n'
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'augmented version, "x" is only evaluated once. Also, when '
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'possible,\n'
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'the actual operation is performed *in-place*, meaning that '
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'rather than\n'
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'creating a new object and assigning that to the target, the '
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'old object\n'
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'is modified instead.\n'
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'\n'
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'Unlike normal assignments, augmented assignments evaluate the '
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'left-\n'
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'hand side *before* evaluating the right-hand side. For '
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'example, "a[i]\n'
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'+= f(x)" first looks-up "a[i]", then it evaluates "f(x)" and '
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'performs\n'
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'the addition, and lastly, it writes the result back to '
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'"a[i]".\n'
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'\n'
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'With the exception of assigning to tuples and multiple targets '
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'in a\n'
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'single statement, the assignment done by augmented assignment\n'
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'statements is handled the same way as normal assignments. '
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'Similarly,\n'
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'with the exception of the possible *in-place* behavior, the '
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'binary\n'
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'operation performed by augmented assignment is the same as the '
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'normal\n'
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'binary operations.\n'
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'\n'
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'For targets which are attribute references, the same caveat '
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'about\n'
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'class and instance attributes applies as for regular '
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'assignments.\n'
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'\n'
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'\n'
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'Annotated assignment statements\n'
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'===============================\n'
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'\n'
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'Annotation assignment is the combination, in a single '
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'statement, of a\n'
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'variable or attribute annotation and an optional assignment '
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'statement:\n'
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'\n'
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' annotated_assignment_stmt ::= augtarget ":" expression ["=" '
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'expression]\n'
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'\n'
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'The difference from normal Assignment statements is that only '
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'single\n'
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'target and only single right hand side value is allowed.\n'
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'\n'
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'For simple names as assignment targets, if in class or module '
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'scope,\n'
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'the annotations are evaluated and stored in a special class or '
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'module\n'
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'attribute "__annotations__" that is a dictionary mapping from '
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'variable\n'
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'names (mangled if private) to evaluated annotations. This '
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'attribute is\n'
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'writable and is automatically created at the start of class or '
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'module\n'
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'body execution, if annotations are found statically.\n'
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'\n'
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'For expressions as assignment targets, the annotations are '
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'evaluated\n'
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'if in class or module scope, but not stored.\n'
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'\n'
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'If a name is annotated in a function scope, then this name is '
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'local\n'
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'for that scope. Annotations are never evaluated and stored in '
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'function\n'
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'scopes.\n'
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'\n'
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'If the right hand side is present, an annotated assignment '
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'performs\n'
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'the actual assignment before evaluating annotations (where\n'
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'applicable). If the right hand side is not present for an '
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'expression\n'
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'target, then the interpreter evaluates the target except for '
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'the last\n'
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'"__setitem__()" or "__setattr__()" call.\n'
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'\n'
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'See also:\n'
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'\n'
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' **PEP 526** - Syntax for Variable Annotations\n'
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' The proposal that added syntax for annotating the types '
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'of\n'
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' variables (including class variables and instance '
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'variables),\n'
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' instead of expressing them through comments.\n'
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'\n'
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' **PEP 484** - Type hints\n'
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' The proposal that added the "typing" module to provide a '
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'standard\n'
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' syntax for type annotations that can be used in static '
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'analysis\n'
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' tools and IDEs.\n',
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'async': 'Coroutines\n'
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'**********\n'
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'\n'
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'New in version 3.5.\n'
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'\n'
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'\n'
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'Coroutine function definition\n'
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'=============================\n'
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'\n'
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' async_funcdef ::= [decorators] "async" "def" funcname "(" '
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'[parameter_list] ")"\n'
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' ["->" expression] ":" suite\n'
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'\n'
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'Execution of Python coroutines can be suspended and resumed at '
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'many\n'
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'points (see *coroutine*). Inside the body of a coroutine '
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'function,\n'
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'"await" and "async" identifiers become reserved keywords; "await"\n'
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'expressions, "async for" and "async with" can only be used in\n'
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'coroutine function bodies.\n'
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'\n'
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'Functions defined with "async def" syntax are always coroutine\n'
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'functions, even if they do not contain "await" or "async" '
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'keywords.\n'
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'\n'
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'It is a "SyntaxError" to use a "yield from" expression inside the '
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'body\n'
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'of a coroutine function.\n'
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'\n'
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'An example of a coroutine function:\n'
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'\n'
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' async def func(param1, param2):\n'
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' do_stuff()\n'
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' await some_coroutine()\n'
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'\n'
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'\n'
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'The "async for" statement\n'
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'=========================\n'
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'\n'
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' async_for_stmt ::= "async" for_stmt\n'
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'\n'
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'An *asynchronous iterable* is able to call asynchronous code in '
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'its\n'
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'*iter* implementation, and *asynchronous iterator* can call\n'
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'asynchronous code in its *next* method.\n'
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'\n'
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'The "async for" statement allows convenient iteration over\n'
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'asynchronous iterators.\n'
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'\n'
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'The following code:\n'
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'\n'
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' async for TARGET in ITER:\n'
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' BLOCK\n'
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' else:\n'
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' BLOCK2\n'
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'\n'
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'Is semantically equivalent to:\n'
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'\n'
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' iter = (ITER)\n'
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' iter = type(iter).__aiter__(iter)\n'
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' running = True\n'
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' while running:\n'
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' try:\n'
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' TARGET = await type(iter).__anext__(iter)\n'
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'See also "__aiter__()" and "__anext__()" for details.\n'
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'It is a "SyntaxError" to use an "async for" statement outside the '
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'body\n'
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'of a coroutine function.\n'
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'\n'
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'\n'
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'The "async with" statement\n'
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'==========================\n'
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'\n'
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' async_with_stmt ::= "async" with_stmt\n'
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'\n'
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'An *asynchronous context manager* is a *context manager* that is '
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'The following code:\n'
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' async with EXPR as VAR:\n'
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' mgr = (EXPR)\n'
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' VAR = await aenter\n'
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' except:\n'
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' if not await aexit(mgr, *sys.exc_info()):\n'
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' raise\n'
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' else:\n'
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' await aexit(mgr, None, None, None)\n'
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'\n'
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'See also "__aenter__()" and "__aexit__()" for details.\n'
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'\n'
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'It is a "SyntaxError" to use an "async with" statement outside the\n'
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'body of a coroutine function.\n'
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'\n'
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'See also:\n'
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'\n'
|
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' **PEP 492** - Coroutines with async and await syntax\n'
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' The proposal that made coroutines a proper standalone concept '
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'in\n'
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' Python, and added supporting syntax.\n'
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'\n'
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'-[ Footnotes ]-\n'
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'[1] The exception is propagated to the invocation stack unless\n'
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' there is a "finally" clause which happens to raise another\n'
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'[2] A string literal appearing as the first statement in the\n'
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' function body is transformed into the function’s "__doc__"\n'
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'\n'
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'[3] A string literal appearing as the first statement in the class\n'
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' body is transformed into the namespace’s "__doc__" item and\n'
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' therefore the class’s *docstring*.\n',
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'atom-identifiers': 'Identifiers (Names)\n'
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'*******************\n'
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'\n'
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'An identifier occurring as an atom is a name. See '
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'and keywords for lexical definition and section Naming '
|
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'and binding for\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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'When the name is bound to an object, evaluation of the '
|
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'that object. When a name is not bound, an attempt to '
|
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'evaluate it\n'
|
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'raises a "NameError" exception.\n'
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'\n'
|
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'**Private name mangling:** When an identifier that '
|
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'textually occurs in\n'
|
||
'a class definition begins with two or more underscore '
|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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'longer form\n'
|
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'before code is generated for them. The transformation '
|
||
'inserts the\n'
|
||
'class name, with leading underscores removed and a '
|
||
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|
||
'inserted, in front of the name. For example, the '
|
||
'identifier "__spam"\n'
|
||
'occurring in a class named "Ham" will be transformed to '
|
||
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|
||
'This transformation is independent of the syntactical '
|
||
'context in which\n'
|
||
'the identifier is used. If the transformed name is '
|
||
'extremely long\n'
|
||
'(longer than 255 characters), implementation defined '
|
||
'truncation may\n'
|
||
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|
||
'no\n'
|
||
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|
||
'atom-literals': 'Literals\n'
|
||
'********\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Python supports string and bytes literals and various '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' literal ::= stringliteral | bytesliteral\n'
|
||
' | integer | floatnumber | imagnumber\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Evaluation of a literal yields an object of the given type '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'value. The value may be approximated in the case of '
|
||
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|
||
'and imaginary (complex) literals. See section Literals for '
|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'All literals correspond to immutable data types, and hence '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'object’s identity is less important than its value. '
|
||
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|
||
'evaluations of literals with the same value (either the '
|
||
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|
||
'occurrence in the program text or a different occurrence) '
|
||
'may obtain\n'
|
||
'the same object or a different object with the same '
|
||
'value.\n',
|
||
'attribute-access': 'Customizing attribute access\n'
|
||
'****************************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The following methods can be defined to customize the '
|
||
'meaning of\n'
|
||
'attribute access (use of, assignment to, or deletion of '
|
||
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|
||
'class instances.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__getattr__(self, name)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called when the default attribute access fails with '
|
||
'an\n'
|
||
' "AttributeError" (either "__getattribute__()" raises '
|
||
'an\n'
|
||
' "AttributeError" because *name* is not an instance '
|
||
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|
||
' attribute in the class tree for "self"; or '
|
||
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|
||
' property raises "AttributeError"). This method '
|
||
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|
||
' return the (computed) attribute value or raise an '
|
||
'"AttributeError"\n'
|
||
' exception.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Note that if the attribute is found through the '
|
||
'normal mechanism,\n'
|
||
' "__getattr__()" is not called. (This is an '
|
||
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|
||
' between "__getattr__()" and "__setattr__()".) This is '
|
||
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|
||
' efficiency reasons and because otherwise '
|
||
'"__getattr__()" would have\n'
|
||
' no way to access other attributes of the instance. '
|
||
'Note that at\n'
|
||
' least for instance variables, you can fake total '
|
||
'control by not\n'
|
||
' inserting any values in the instance attribute '
|
||
'dictionary (but\n'
|
||
' instead inserting them in another object). See the\n'
|
||
' "__getattribute__()" method below for a way to '
|
||
'actually get total\n'
|
||
' control over attribute access.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__getattribute__(self, name)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called unconditionally to implement attribute '
|
||
'accesses for\n'
|
||
' instances of the class. If the class also defines '
|
||
'"__getattr__()",\n'
|
||
' the latter will not be called unless '
|
||
'"__getattribute__()" either\n'
|
||
' calls it explicitly or raises an "AttributeError". '
|
||
'This method\n'
|
||
' should return the (computed) attribute value or raise '
|
||
'an\n'
|
||
' "AttributeError" exception. In order to avoid '
|
||
'infinite recursion in\n'
|
||
' this method, its implementation should always call '
|
||
'the base class\n'
|
||
' method with the same name to access any attributes it '
|
||
'needs, for\n'
|
||
' example, "object.__getattribute__(self, name)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Note: This method may still be bypassed when looking '
|
||
'up special\n'
|
||
' methods as the result of implicit invocation via '
|
||
'language syntax\n'
|
||
' or built-in functions. See Special method lookup.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__setattr__(self, name, value)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called when an attribute assignment is attempted. '
|
||
'This is called\n'
|
||
' instead of the normal mechanism (i.e. store the value '
|
||
'in the\n'
|
||
' instance dictionary). *name* is the attribute name, '
|
||
'*value* is the\n'
|
||
' value to be assigned to it.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If "__setattr__()" wants to assign to an instance '
|
||
'attribute, it\n'
|
||
' should call the base class method with the same name, '
|
||
'for example,\n'
|
||
' "object.__setattr__(self, name, value)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__delattr__(self, name)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Like "__setattr__()" but for attribute deletion '
|
||
'instead of\n'
|
||
' assignment. This should only be implemented if "del '
|
||
'obj.name" is\n'
|
||
' meaningful for the object.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__dir__(self)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called when "dir()" is called on the object. A '
|
||
'sequence must be\n'
|
||
' returned. "dir()" converts the returned sequence to a '
|
||
'list and\n'
|
||
' sorts it.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Customizing module attribute access\n'
|
||
'===================================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Special names "__getattr__" and "__dir__" can be also '
|
||
'used to\n'
|
||
'customize access to module attributes. The "__getattr__" '
|
||
'function at\n'
|
||
'the module level should accept one argument which is the '
|
||
'name of an\n'
|
||
'attribute and return the computed value or raise an '
|
||
'"AttributeError".\n'
|
||
'If an attribute is not found on a module object through '
|
||
'the normal\n'
|
||
'lookup, i.e. "object.__getattribute__()", then '
|
||
'"__getattr__" is\n'
|
||
'searched in the module "__dict__" before raising an '
|
||
'"AttributeError".\n'
|
||
'If found, it is called with the attribute name and the '
|
||
'result is\n'
|
||
'returned.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "__dir__" function should accept no arguments, and '
|
||
'return a list\n'
|
||
'of strings that represents the names accessible on '
|
||
'module. If present,\n'
|
||
'this function overrides the standard "dir()" search on a '
|
||
'module.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'For a more fine grained customization of the module '
|
||
'behavior (setting\n'
|
||
'attributes, properties, etc.), one can set the '
|
||
'"__class__" attribute\n'
|
||
'of a module object to a subclass of "types.ModuleType". '
|
||
'For example:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' import sys\n'
|
||
' from types import ModuleType\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' class VerboseModule(ModuleType):\n'
|
||
' def __repr__(self):\n'
|
||
" return f'Verbose {self.__name__}'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' def __setattr__(self, attr, value):\n'
|
||
" print(f'Setting {attr}...')\n"
|
||
' super().__setattr__(attr, value)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' sys.modules[__name__].__class__ = VerboseModule\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Note: Defining module "__getattr__" and setting module '
|
||
'"__class__"\n'
|
||
' only affect lookups made using the attribute access '
|
||
'syntax –\n'
|
||
' directly accessing the module globals (whether by code '
|
||
'within the\n'
|
||
' module, or via a reference to the module’s globals '
|
||
'dictionary) is\n'
|
||
' unaffected.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Changed in version 3.5: "__class__" module attribute is '
|
||
'now writable.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'New in version 3.7: "__getattr__" and "__dir__" module '
|
||
'attributes.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See also:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **PEP 562** - Module __getattr__ and __dir__\n'
|
||
' Describes the "__getattr__" and "__dir__" functions '
|
||
'on modules.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Implementing Descriptors\n'
|
||
'========================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The following methods only apply when an instance of the '
|
||
'class\n'
|
||
'containing the method (a so-called *descriptor* class) '
|
||
'appears in an\n'
|
||
'*owner* class (the descriptor must be in either the '
|
||
'owner’s class\n'
|
||
'dictionary or in the class dictionary for one of its '
|
||
'parents). In the\n'
|
||
'examples below, “the attribute” refers to the attribute '
|
||
'whose name is\n'
|
||
'the key of the property in the owner class’ "__dict__".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__get__(self, instance, owner)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called to get the attribute of the owner class (class '
|
||
'attribute\n'
|
||
' access) or of an instance of that class (instance '
|
||
'attribute\n'
|
||
' access). *owner* is always the owner class, while '
|
||
'*instance* is the\n'
|
||
' instance that the attribute was accessed through, or '
|
||
'"None" when\n'
|
||
' the attribute is accessed through the *owner*. This '
|
||
'method should\n'
|
||
' return the (computed) attribute value or raise an '
|
||
'"AttributeError"\n'
|
||
' exception.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__set__(self, instance, value)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called to set the attribute on an instance *instance* '
|
||
'of the owner\n'
|
||
' class to a new value, *value*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__delete__(self, instance)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called to delete the attribute on an instance '
|
||
'*instance* of the\n'
|
||
' owner class.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__set_name__(self, owner, name)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called at the time the owning class *owner* is '
|
||
'created. The\n'
|
||
' descriptor has been assigned to *name*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' New in version 3.6.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The attribute "__objclass__" is interpreted by the '
|
||
'"inspect" module as\n'
|
||
'specifying the class where this object was defined '
|
||
'(setting this\n'
|
||
'appropriately can assist in runtime introspection of '
|
||
'dynamic class\n'
|
||
'attributes). For callables, it may indicate that an '
|
||
'instance of the\n'
|
||
'given type (or a subclass) is expected or required as '
|
||
'the first\n'
|
||
'positional argument (for example, CPython sets this '
|
||
'attribute for\n'
|
||
'unbound methods that are implemented in C).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Invoking Descriptors\n'
|
||
'====================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'In general, a descriptor is an object attribute with '
|
||
'“binding\n'
|
||
'behavior”, one whose attribute access has been '
|
||
'overridden by methods\n'
|
||
'in the descriptor protocol: "__get__()", "__set__()", '
|
||
'and\n'
|
||
'"__delete__()". If any of those methods are defined for '
|
||
'an object, it\n'
|
||
'is said to be a descriptor.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The default behavior for attribute access is to get, '
|
||
'set, or delete\n'
|
||
'the attribute from an object’s dictionary. For instance, '
|
||
'"a.x" has a\n'
|
||
'lookup chain starting with "a.__dict__[\'x\']", then\n'
|
||
'"type(a).__dict__[\'x\']", and continuing through the '
|
||
'base classes of\n'
|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'However, if the looked-up value is an object defining '
|
||
'one of the\n'
|
||
'descriptor methods, then Python may override the default '
|
||
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|
||
'invoke the descriptor method instead. Where this occurs '
|
||
'in the\n'
|
||
'precedence chain depends on which descriptor methods '
|
||
'were defined and\n'
|
||
'how they were called.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The starting point for descriptor invocation is a '
|
||
'binding, "a.x". How\n'
|
||
'the arguments are assembled depends on "a":\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Direct Call\n'
|
||
' The simplest and least common call is when user code '
|
||
'directly\n'
|
||
' invokes a descriptor method: "x.__get__(a)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Instance Binding\n'
|
||
' If binding to an object instance, "a.x" is '
|
||
'transformed into the\n'
|
||
' call: "type(a).__dict__[\'x\'].__get__(a, type(a))".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Class Binding\n'
|
||
' If binding to a class, "A.x" is transformed into the '
|
||
'call:\n'
|
||
' "A.__dict__[\'x\'].__get__(None, A)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Super Binding\n'
|
||
' If "a" is an instance of "super", then the binding '
|
||
'"super(B,\n'
|
||
' obj).m()" searches "obj.__class__.__mro__" for the '
|
||
'base class "A"\n'
|
||
' immediately preceding "B" and then invokes the '
|
||
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|
||
' call: "A.__dict__[\'m\'].__get__(obj, '
|
||
'obj.__class__)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'For instance bindings, the precedence of descriptor '
|
||
'invocation depends\n'
|
||
'on the which descriptor methods are defined. A '
|
||
'descriptor can define\n'
|
||
'any combination of "__get__()", "__set__()" and '
|
||
'"__delete__()". If it\n'
|
||
'does not define "__get__()", then accessing the '
|
||
'attribute will return\n'
|
||
'the descriptor object itself unless there is a value in '
|
||
'the object’s\n'
|
||
'instance dictionary. If the descriptor defines '
|
||
'"__set__()" and/or\n'
|
||
'"__delete__()", it is a data descriptor; if it defines '
|
||
'neither, it is\n'
|
||
'a non-data descriptor. Normally, data descriptors '
|
||
'define both\n'
|
||
'"__get__()" and "__set__()", while non-data descriptors '
|
||
'have just the\n'
|
||
'"__get__()" method. Data descriptors with "__set__()" '
|
||
'and "__get__()"\n'
|
||
'defined always override a redefinition in an instance '
|
||
'dictionary. In\n'
|
||
'contrast, non-data descriptors can be overridden by '
|
||
'instances.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Python methods (including "staticmethod()" and '
|
||
'"classmethod()") are\n'
|
||
'implemented as non-data descriptors. Accordingly, '
|
||
'instances can\n'
|
||
'redefine and override methods. This allows individual '
|
||
'instances to\n'
|
||
'acquire behaviors that differ from other instances of '
|
||
'the same class.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "property()" function is implemented as a data '
|
||
'descriptor.\n'
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'Accordingly, instances cannot override the behavior of a '
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'property.\n'
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'\n'
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'\n'
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'__slots__\n'
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'=========\n'
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'\n'
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'*__slots__* allow us to explicitly declare data members '
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'(like\n'
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'properties) and deny the creation of *__dict__* and '
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'*__weakref__*\n'
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'(unless explicitly declared in *__slots__* or available '
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'in a parent.)\n'
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'\n'
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'The space saved over using *__dict__* can be '
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'significant.\n'
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'\n'
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'object.__slots__\n'
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'\n'
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' This class variable can be assigned a string, '
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'iterable, or sequence\n'
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' of strings with variable names used by instances. '
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'*__slots__*\n'
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' reserves space for the declared variables and '
|
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'prevents the\n'
|
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' automatic creation of *__dict__* and *__weakref__* '
|
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'for each\n'
|
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' instance.\n'
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'\n'
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'\n'
|
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'Notes on using *__slots__*\n'
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'--------------------------\n'
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'\n'
|
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'* When inheriting from a class without *__slots__*, the '
|
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'*__dict__*\n'
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' and *__weakref__* attribute of the instances will '
|
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'always be\n'
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' accessible.\n'
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'\n'
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'* Without a *__dict__* variable, instances cannot be '
|
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'assigned new\n'
|
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' variables not listed in the *__slots__* definition. '
|
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'Attempts to\n'
|
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' assign to an unlisted variable name raises '
|
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'"AttributeError". If\n'
|
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' dynamic assignment of new variables is desired, then '
|
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'add\n'
|
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' "\'__dict__\'" to the sequence of strings in the '
|
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'*__slots__*\n'
|
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' declaration.\n'
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'\n'
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'* Without a *__weakref__* variable for each instance, '
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'classes\n'
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' defining *__slots__* do not support weak references to '
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'its\n'
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' instances. If weak reference support is needed, then '
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'add\n'
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' "\'__weakref__\'" to the sequence of strings in the '
|
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'*__slots__*\n'
|
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' declaration.\n'
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'\n'
|
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'* *__slots__* are implemented at the class level by '
|
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'creating\n'
|
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' descriptors (Implementing Descriptors) for each '
|
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'variable name. As a\n'
|
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' result, class attributes cannot be used to set default '
|
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'values for\n'
|
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' instance variables defined by *__slots__*; otherwise, '
|
||
'the class\n'
|
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' attribute would overwrite the descriptor assignment.\n'
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'\n'
|
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'* The action of a *__slots__* declaration is not limited '
|
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'to the\n'
|
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' class where it is defined. *__slots__* declared in '
|
||
'parents are\n'
|
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' available in child classes. However, child subclasses '
|
||
'will get a\n'
|
||
' *__dict__* and *__weakref__* unless they also define '
|
||
'*__slots__*\n'
|
||
' (which should only contain names of any *additional* '
|
||
'slots).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* If a class defines a slot also defined in a base '
|
||
'class, the\n'
|
||
' instance variable defined by the base class slot is '
|
||
'inaccessible\n'
|
||
' (except by retrieving its descriptor directly from the '
|
||
'base class).\n'
|
||
' This renders the meaning of the program undefined. In '
|
||
'the future, a\n'
|
||
' check may be added to prevent this.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* Nonempty *__slots__* does not work for classes derived '
|
||
'from\n'
|
||
' “variable-length” built-in types such as "int", '
|
||
'"bytes" and "tuple".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* Any non-string iterable may be assigned to '
|
||
'*__slots__*. Mappings\n'
|
||
' may also be used; however, in the future, special '
|
||
'meaning may be\n'
|
||
' assigned to the values corresponding to each key.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* *__class__* assignment works only if both classes have '
|
||
'the same\n'
|
||
' *__slots__*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* Multiple inheritance with multiple slotted parent '
|
||
'classes can be\n'
|
||
' used, but only one parent is allowed to have '
|
||
'attributes created by\n'
|
||
' slots (the other bases must have empty slot layouts) - '
|
||
'violations\n'
|
||
' raise "TypeError".\n',
|
||
'attribute-references': 'Attribute references\n'
|
||
'********************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'An attribute reference is a primary followed by a '
|
||
'period and a name:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' attributeref ::= primary "." identifier\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The primary must evaluate to an object of a type '
|
||
'that supports\n'
|
||
'attribute references, which most objects do. This '
|
||
'object is then\n'
|
||
'asked to produce the attribute whose name is the '
|
||
'identifier. This\n'
|
||
'production can be customized by overriding the '
|
||
'"__getattr__()" method.\n'
|
||
'If this attribute is not available, the exception '
|
||
'"AttributeError" is\n'
|
||
'raised. Otherwise, the type and value of the object '
|
||
'produced is\n'
|
||
'determined by the object. Multiple evaluations of '
|
||
'the same attribute\n'
|
||
'reference may yield different objects.\n',
|
||
'augassign': 'Augmented assignment statements\n'
|
||
'*******************************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Augmented assignment is the combination, in a single statement, '
|
||
'of a\n'
|
||
'binary operation and an assignment statement:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' augmented_assignment_stmt ::= augtarget augop '
|
||
'(expression_list | yield_expression)\n'
|
||
' augtarget ::= identifier | attributeref | '
|
||
'subscription | slicing\n'
|
||
' augop ::= "+=" | "-=" | "*=" | "@=" | '
|
||
'"/=" | "//=" | "%=" | "**="\n'
|
||
' | ">>=" | "<<=" | "&=" | "^=" | "|="\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'(See section Primaries for the syntax definitions of the last '
|
||
'three\n'
|
||
'symbols.)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'An augmented assignment evaluates the target (which, unlike '
|
||
'normal\n'
|
||
'assignment statements, cannot be an unpacking) and the '
|
||
'expression\n'
|
||
'list, performs the binary operation specific to the type of '
|
||
'assignment\n'
|
||
'on the two operands, and assigns the result to the original '
|
||
'target.\n'
|
||
'The target is only evaluated once.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'An augmented assignment expression like "x += 1" can be '
|
||
'rewritten as\n'
|
||
'"x = x + 1" to achieve a similar, but not exactly equal effect. '
|
||
'In the\n'
|
||
'augmented version, "x" is only evaluated once. Also, when '
|
||
'possible,\n'
|
||
'the actual operation is performed *in-place*, meaning that '
|
||
'rather than\n'
|
||
'creating a new object and assigning that to the target, the old '
|
||
'object\n'
|
||
'is modified instead.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Unlike normal assignments, augmented assignments evaluate the '
|
||
'left-\n'
|
||
'hand side *before* evaluating the right-hand side. For '
|
||
'example, "a[i]\n'
|
||
'+= f(x)" first looks-up "a[i]", then it evaluates "f(x)" and '
|
||
'performs\n'
|
||
'the addition, and lastly, it writes the result back to "a[i]".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'With the exception of assigning to tuples and multiple targets '
|
||
'in a\n'
|
||
'single statement, the assignment done by augmented assignment\n'
|
||
'statements is handled the same way as normal assignments. '
|
||
'Similarly,\n'
|
||
'with the exception of the possible *in-place* behavior, the '
|
||
'binary\n'
|
||
'operation performed by augmented assignment is the same as the '
|
||
'normal\n'
|
||
'binary operations.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'For targets which are attribute references, the same caveat '
|
||
'about\n'
|
||
'class and instance attributes applies as for regular '
|
||
'assignments.\n',
|
||
'await': 'Await expression\n'
|
||
'****************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Suspend the execution of *coroutine* on an *awaitable* object. Can\n'
|
||
'only be used inside a *coroutine function*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' await_expr ::= "await" primary\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'New in version 3.5.\n',
|
||
'binary': 'Binary arithmetic operations\n'
|
||
'****************************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The binary arithmetic operations have the conventional priority\n'
|
||
'levels. Note that some of these operations also apply to certain '
|
||
'non-\n'
|
||
'numeric types. Apart from the power operator, there are only two\n'
|
||
'levels, one for multiplicative operators and one for additive\n'
|
||
'operators:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' m_expr ::= u_expr | m_expr "*" u_expr | m_expr "@" m_expr |\n'
|
||
' m_expr "//" u_expr | m_expr "/" u_expr |\n'
|
||
' m_expr "%" u_expr\n'
|
||
' a_expr ::= m_expr | a_expr "+" m_expr | a_expr "-" m_expr\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "*" (multiplication) operator yields the product of its '
|
||
'arguments.\n'
|
||
'The arguments must either both be numbers, or one argument must be '
|
||
'an\n'
|
||
'integer and the other must be a sequence. In the former case, the\n'
|
||
'numbers are converted to a common type and then multiplied '
|
||
'together.\n'
|
||
'In the latter case, sequence repetition is performed; a negative\n'
|
||
'repetition factor yields an empty sequence.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "@" (at) operator is intended to be used for matrix\n'
|
||
'multiplication. No builtin Python types implement this operator.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'New in version 3.5.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "/" (division) and "//" (floor division) operators yield the\n'
|
||
'quotient of their arguments. The numeric arguments are first\n'
|
||
'converted to a common type. Division of integers yields a float, '
|
||
'while\n'
|
||
'floor division of integers results in an integer; the result is '
|
||
'that\n'
|
||
'of mathematical division with the ‘floor’ function applied to the\n'
|
||
'result. Division by zero raises the "ZeroDivisionError" '
|
||
'exception.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "%" (modulo) operator yields the remainder from the division '
|
||
'of\n'
|
||
'the first argument by the second. The numeric arguments are '
|
||
'first\n'
|
||
'converted to a common type. A zero right argument raises the\n'
|
||
'"ZeroDivisionError" exception. The arguments may be floating '
|
||
'point\n'
|
||
'numbers, e.g., "3.14%0.7" equals "0.34" (since "3.14" equals '
|
||
'"4*0.7 +\n'
|
||
'0.34".) The modulo operator always yields a result with the same '
|
||
'sign\n'
|
||
'as its second operand (or zero); the absolute value of the result '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
'strictly smaller than the absolute value of the second operand '
|
||
'[1].\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The floor division and modulo operators are connected by the '
|
||
'following\n'
|
||
'identity: "x == (x//y)*y + (x%y)". Floor division and modulo are '
|
||
'also\n'
|
||
'connected with the built-in function "divmod()": "divmod(x, y) ==\n'
|
||
'(x//y, x%y)". [2].\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'In addition to performing the modulo operation on numbers, the '
|
||
'"%"\n'
|
||
'operator is also overloaded by string objects to perform '
|
||
'old-style\n'
|
||
'string formatting (also known as interpolation). The syntax for\n'
|
||
'string formatting is described in the Python Library Reference,\n'
|
||
'section printf-style String Formatting.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The floor division operator, the modulo operator, and the '
|
||
'"divmod()"\n'
|
||
'function are not defined for complex numbers. Instead, convert to '
|
||
'a\n'
|
||
'floating point number using the "abs()" function if appropriate.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "+" (addition) operator yields the sum of its arguments. The\n'
|
||
'arguments must either both be numbers or both be sequences of the '
|
||
'same\n'
|
||
'type. In the former case, the numbers are converted to a common '
|
||
'type\n'
|
||
'and then added together. In the latter case, the sequences are\n'
|
||
'concatenated.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "-" (subtraction) operator yields the difference of its '
|
||
'arguments.\n'
|
||
'The numeric arguments are first converted to a common type.\n',
|
||
'bitwise': 'Binary bitwise operations\n'
|
||
'*************************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Each of the three bitwise operations has a different priority '
|
||
'level:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' and_expr ::= shift_expr | and_expr "&" shift_expr\n'
|
||
' xor_expr ::= and_expr | xor_expr "^" and_expr\n'
|
||
' or_expr ::= xor_expr | or_expr "|" xor_expr\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "&" operator yields the bitwise AND of its arguments, which '
|
||
'must\n'
|
||
'be integers.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "^" operator yields the bitwise XOR (exclusive OR) of its\n'
|
||
'arguments, which must be integers.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "|" operator yields the bitwise (inclusive) OR of its '
|
||
'arguments,\n'
|
||
'which must be integers.\n',
|
||
'bltin-code-objects': 'Code Objects\n'
|
||
'************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Code objects are used by the implementation to '
|
||
'represent “pseudo-\n'
|
||
'compiled” executable Python code such as a function '
|
||
'body. They differ\n'
|
||
'from function objects because they don’t contain a '
|
||
'reference to their\n'
|
||
'global execution environment. Code objects are '
|
||
'returned by the built-\n'
|
||
'in "compile()" function and can be extracted from '
|
||
'function objects\n'
|
||
'through their "__code__" attribute. See also the '
|
||
'"code" module.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A code object can be executed or evaluated by passing '
|
||
'it (instead of a\n'
|
||
'source string) to the "exec()" or "eval()" built-in '
|
||
'functions.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See The standard type hierarchy for more '
|
||
'information.\n',
|
||
'bltin-ellipsis-object': 'The Ellipsis Object\n'
|
||
'*******************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'This object is commonly used by slicing (see '
|
||
'Slicings). It supports\n'
|
||
'no special operations. There is exactly one '
|
||
'ellipsis object, named\n'
|
||
'"Ellipsis" (a built-in name). "type(Ellipsis)()" '
|
||
'produces the\n'
|
||
'"Ellipsis" singleton.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'It is written as "Ellipsis" or "...".\n',
|
||
'bltin-null-object': 'The Null Object\n'
|
||
'***************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'This object is returned by functions that don’t '
|
||
'explicitly return a\n'
|
||
'value. It supports no special operations. There is '
|
||
'exactly one null\n'
|
||
'object, named "None" (a built-in name). "type(None)()" '
|
||
'produces the\n'
|
||
'same singleton.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'It is written as "None".\n',
|
||
'bltin-type-objects': 'Type Objects\n'
|
||
'************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Type objects represent the various object types. An '
|
||
'object’s type is\n'
|
||
'accessed by the built-in function "type()". There are '
|
||
'no special\n'
|
||
'operations on types. The standard module "types" '
|
||
'defines names for\n'
|
||
'all standard built-in types.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Types are written like this: "<class \'int\'>".\n',
|
||
'booleans': 'Boolean operations\n'
|
||
'******************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' or_test ::= and_test | or_test "or" and_test\n'
|
||
' and_test ::= not_test | and_test "and" not_test\n'
|
||
' not_test ::= comparison | "not" not_test\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'In the context of Boolean operations, and also when expressions '
|
||
'are\n'
|
||
'used by control flow statements, the following values are '
|
||
'interpreted\n'
|
||
'as false: "False", "None", numeric zero of all types, and empty\n'
|
||
'strings and containers (including strings, tuples, lists,\n'
|
||
'dictionaries, sets and frozensets). All other values are '
|
||
'interpreted\n'
|
||
'as true. User-defined objects can customize their truth value '
|
||
'by\n'
|
||
'providing a "__bool__()" method.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The operator "not" yields "True" if its argument is false, '
|
||
'"False"\n'
|
||
'otherwise.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The expression "x and y" first evaluates *x*; if *x* is false, '
|
||
'its\n'
|
||
'value is returned; otherwise, *y* is evaluated and the resulting '
|
||
'value\n'
|
||
'is returned.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The expression "x or y" first evaluates *x*; if *x* is true, its '
|
||
'value\n'
|
||
'is returned; otherwise, *y* is evaluated and the resulting value '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
'returned.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Note that neither "and" nor "or" restrict the value and type '
|
||
'they\n'
|
||
'return to "False" and "True", but rather return the last '
|
||
'evaluated\n'
|
||
'argument. This is sometimes useful, e.g., if "s" is a string '
|
||
'that\n'
|
||
'should be replaced by a default value if it is empty, the '
|
||
'expression\n'
|
||
'"s or \'foo\'" yields the desired value. Because "not" has to '
|
||
'create a\n'
|
||
'new value, it returns a boolean value regardless of the type of '
|
||
'its\n'
|
||
'argument (for example, "not \'foo\'" produces "False" rather '
|
||
'than "\'\'".)\n',
|
||
'break': 'The "break" statement\n'
|
||
'*********************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' break_stmt ::= "break"\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'"break" may only occur syntactically nested in a "for" or "while"\n'
|
||
'loop, but not nested in a function or class definition within that\n'
|
||
'loop.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'It terminates the nearest enclosing loop, skipping the optional '
|
||
'"else"\n'
|
||
'clause if the loop has one.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'If a "for" loop is terminated by "break", the loop control target\n'
|
||
'keeps its current value.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'When "break" passes control out of a "try" statement with a '
|
||
'"finally"\n'
|
||
'clause, that "finally" clause is executed before really leaving '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'loop.\n',
|
||
'callable-types': 'Emulating callable objects\n'
|
||
'**************************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__call__(self[, args...])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called when the instance is “called” as a function; if '
|
||
'this method\n'
|
||
' is defined, "x(arg1, arg2, ...)" is a shorthand for\n'
|
||
' "x.__call__(arg1, arg2, ...)".\n',
|
||
'calls': 'Calls\n'
|
||
'*****\n'
|
||
'\n'
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'a class instance:\n'
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'A class definition defines a class object (see section The '
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'The class’s suite is then executed in a new execution frame (see\n'
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|
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'Classes can also be decorated: just like when decorating '
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
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'See also:\n'
|
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|
||
' **PEP 3115** - Metaclasses in Python 3000\n'
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' The proposal that changed the declaration of metaclasses to '
|
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|
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' current syntax, and the semantics for how classes with\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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' **PEP 3129** - Class Decorators\n'
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' The proposal that added class decorators. Function and '
|
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|
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' decorators were introduced in **PEP 318**.\n',
|
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|
||
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|
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'Unlike C, all comparison operations in Python have the same '
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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' comparison ::= or_expr (comp_operator or_expr)*\n'
|
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|
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|
||
'Comparisons yield boolean values: "True" or "False".\n'
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||
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|
||
'Comparisons can be chained arbitrarily, e.g., "x < y <= z" '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
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'Formally, if *a*, *b*, *c*, …, *y*, *z* are expressions and '
|
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'Note that "a op1 b op2 c" doesn’t imply any kind of '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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||
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|
||
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|
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'Chapter Objects, values and types states that objects have a '
|
||
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||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
||
'Because all types are (direct or indirect) subtypes of '
|
||
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
'The default behavior for equality comparison ("==" and "!=") '
|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
||
'A default order comparison ("<", ">", "<=", and ">=") is not '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'The behavior of the default equality comparison, that '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'The following list describes the comparison behavior of the '
|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
' values are not equal to themselves. For example, if "x =\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
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' This behavior is compliant with IEEE 754.\n'
|
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|
||
'* Binary sequences (instances of "bytes" or "bytearray") can '
|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
||
'* Strings (instances of "str") compare lexicographically '
|
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
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'* Sequences (instances of "tuple", "list", or "range") can '
|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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' these types raises "TypeError".\n'
|
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'\n'
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' Sequences compare lexicographically using comparison of\n'
|
||
' corresponding elements, whereby reflexivity of the elements '
|
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'\n'
|
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' In enforcing reflexivity of elements, the comparison of '
|
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|
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' assumes that for a collection element "x", "x == x" is '
|
||
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|
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' Based on that assumption, element identity is compared '
|
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|
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' element comparison is performed only for distinct '
|
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|
||
' approach yields the same result as a strict element '
|
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|
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' would, if the compared elements are reflexive. For '
|
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' elements, the result is different than for strict element\n'
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' comparison, and may be surprising: The non-reflexive '
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'not-a-number\n'
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' values for example result in the following comparison '
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'behavior when\n'
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' used in a list:\n'
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'\n'
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" >>> nan = float('NaN')\n"
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' >>> nan is nan\n'
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' True\n'
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' >>> nan == nan\n'
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' False <-- the defined non-reflexive '
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'behavior of NaN\n'
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' >>> [nan] == [nan]\n'
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' True <-- list enforces reflexivity and '
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'\n'
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' Lexicographical comparison between built-in collections '
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'works as\n'
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' follows:\n'
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'\n'
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' * For two collections to compare equal, they must be of the '
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'same\n'
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' type, have the same length, and each pair of '
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'corresponding\n'
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' elements must compare equal (for example, "[1,2] == '
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'(1,2)" is\n'
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' false because the type is not the same).\n'
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'\n'
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' * Collections that support order comparison are ordered the '
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' as their first unequal elements (for example, "[1,2,x] <= '
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'[1,2,y]"\n'
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' has the same value as "x <= y"). If a corresponding '
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'element does\n'
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' not exist, the shorter collection is ordered first (for '
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'example,\n'
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' "[1,2] < [1,2,3]" is true).\n'
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'\n'
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'* Mappings (instances of "dict") compare equal if and only if '
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'they\n'
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' have equal *(key, value)* pairs. Equality comparison of the '
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'keys and\n'
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' values enforces reflexivity.\n'
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'\n'
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' Order comparisons ("<", ">", "<=", and ">=") raise '
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'"TypeError".\n'
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'\n'
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'* Sets (instances of "set" or "frozenset") can be compared '
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'within\n'
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' and across their types.\n'
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'\n'
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' They define order comparison operators to mean subset and '
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' tests. Those relations do not define total orderings (for '
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'example,\n'
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' the two sets "{1,2}" and "{2,3}" are not equal, nor subsets '
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'of one\n'
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' another, nor supersets of one another). Accordingly, sets '
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'are not\n'
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' appropriate arguments for functions which depend on total '
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'ordering\n'
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' (for example, "min()", "max()", and "sorted()" produce '
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'undefined\n'
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' results given a list of sets as inputs).\n'
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'\n'
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' Comparison of sets enforces reflexivity of its elements.\n'
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'\n'
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'* Most other built-in types have no comparison methods '
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'implemented,\n'
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' so they inherit the default comparison behavior.\n'
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'\n'
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'User-defined classes that customize their comparison behavior '
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'should\n'
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'follow some consistency rules, if possible:\n'
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'\n'
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'* Equality comparison should be reflexive. In other words, '
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'identical\n'
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' objects should compare equal:\n'
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'\n'
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' "x is y" implies "x == y"\n'
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'\n'
|
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'* Comparison should be symmetric. In other words, the '
|
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'following\n'
|
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' expressions should have the same result:\n'
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'\n'
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' "x == y" and "y == x"\n'
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'\n'
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' "x != y" and "y != x"\n'
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'\n'
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' "x < y" and "y > x"\n'
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'\n'
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' "x <= y" and "y >= x"\n'
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'\n'
|
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'* Comparison should be transitive. The following '
|
||
'(non-exhaustive)\n'
|
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' examples illustrate that:\n'
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'\n'
|
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' "x > y and y > z" implies "x > z"\n'
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'\n'
|
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' "x < y and y <= z" implies "x < z"\n'
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'\n'
|
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'* Inverse comparison should result in the boolean negation. '
|
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'In other\n'
|
||
' words, the following expressions should have the same '
|
||
'result:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' "x == y" and "not x != y"\n'
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'\n'
|
||
' "x < y" and "not x >= y" (for total ordering)\n'
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||
'\n'
|
||
' "x > y" and "not x <= y" (for total ordering)\n'
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'\n'
|
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' The last two expressions apply to totally ordered '
|
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'collections (e.g.\n'
|
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' to sequences, but not to sets or mappings). See also the\n'
|
||
' "total_ordering()" decorator.\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
'* The "hash()" result should be consistent with equality. '
|
||
'Objects\n'
|
||
' that are equal should either have the same hash value, or '
|
||
'be marked\n'
|
||
' as unhashable.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Python does not enforce these consistency rules. In fact, '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'not-a-number values are an example for not following these '
|
||
'rules.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Membership test operations\n'
|
||
'==========================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The operators "in" and "not in" test for membership. "x in '
|
||
's"\n'
|
||
'evaluates to "True" if *x* is a member of *s*, and "False" '
|
||
'otherwise.\n'
|
||
'"x not in s" returns the negation of "x in s". All built-in '
|
||
'sequences\n'
|
||
'and set types support this as well as dictionary, for which '
|
||
'"in" tests\n'
|
||
'whether the dictionary has a given key. For container types '
|
||
'such as\n'
|
||
'list, tuple, set, frozenset, dict, or collections.deque, the\n'
|
||
'expression "x in y" is equivalent to "any(x is e or x == e '
|
||
'for e in\n'
|
||
'y)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'For the string and bytes types, "x in y" is "True" if and '
|
||
'only if *x*\n'
|
||
'is a substring of *y*. An equivalent test is "y.find(x) != '
|
||
'-1".\n'
|
||
'Empty strings are always considered to be a substring of any '
|
||
'other\n'
|
||
'string, so """ in "abc"" will return "True".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'For user-defined classes which define the "__contains__()" '
|
||
'method, "x\n'
|
||
'in y" returns "True" if "y.__contains__(x)" returns a true '
|
||
'value, and\n'
|
||
'"False" otherwise.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'For user-defined classes which do not define "__contains__()" '
|
||
'but do\n'
|
||
'define "__iter__()", "x in y" is "True" if some value "z" '
|
||
'with "x ==\n'
|
||
'z" is produced while iterating over "y". If an exception is '
|
||
'raised\n'
|
||
'during the iteration, it is as if "in" raised that '
|
||
'exception.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Lastly, the old-style iteration protocol is tried: if a class '
|
||
'defines\n'
|
||
'"__getitem__()", "x in y" is "True" if and only if there is a '
|
||
'non-\n'
|
||
'negative integer index *i* such that "x == y[i]", and all '
|
||
'lower\n'
|
||
'integer indices do not raise "IndexError" exception. (If any '
|
||
'other\n'
|
||
'exception is raised, it is as if "in" raised that '
|
||
'exception).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The operator "not in" is defined to have the inverse true '
|
||
'value of\n'
|
||
'"in".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Identity comparisons\n'
|
||
'====================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The operators "is" and "is not" test for object identity: "x '
|
||
'is y" is\n'
|
||
'true if and only if *x* and *y* are the same object. Object '
|
||
'identity\n'
|
||
'is determined using the "id()" function. "x is not y" yields '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'inverse truth value. [4]\n',
|
||
'compound': 'Compound statements\n'
|
||
'*******************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Compound statements contain (groups of) other statements; they '
|
||
'affect\n'
|
||
'or control the execution of those other statements in some way. '
|
||
'In\n'
|
||
'general, compound statements span multiple lines, although in '
|
||
'simple\n'
|
||
'incarnations a whole compound statement may be contained in one '
|
||
'line.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "if", "while" and "for" statements implement traditional '
|
||
'control\n'
|
||
'flow constructs. "try" specifies exception handlers and/or '
|
||
'cleanup\n'
|
||
'code for a group of statements, while the "with" statement '
|
||
'allows the\n'
|
||
'execution of initialization and finalization code around a block '
|
||
'of\n'
|
||
'code. Function and class definitions are also syntactically '
|
||
'compound\n'
|
||
'statements.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A compound statement consists of one or more ‘clauses.’ A '
|
||
'clause\n'
|
||
'consists of a header and a ‘suite.’ The clause headers of a\n'
|
||
'particular compound statement are all at the same indentation '
|
||
'level.\n'
|
||
'Each clause header begins with a uniquely identifying keyword '
|
||
'and ends\n'
|
||
'with a colon. A suite is a group of statements controlled by a\n'
|
||
'clause. A suite can be one or more semicolon-separated simple\n'
|
||
'statements on the same line as the header, following the '
|
||
'header’s\n'
|
||
'colon, or it can be one or more indented statements on '
|
||
'subsequent\n'
|
||
'lines. Only the latter form of a suite can contain nested '
|
||
'compound\n'
|
||
'statements; the following is illegal, mostly because it wouldn’t '
|
||
'be\n'
|
||
'clear to which "if" clause a following "else" clause would '
|
||
'belong:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' if test1: if test2: print(x)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Also note that the semicolon binds tighter than the colon in '
|
||
'this\n'
|
||
'context, so that in the following example, either all or none of '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'"print()" calls are executed:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' if x < y < z: print(x); print(y); print(z)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Summarizing:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' compound_stmt ::= if_stmt\n'
|
||
' | while_stmt\n'
|
||
' | for_stmt\n'
|
||
' | try_stmt\n'
|
||
' | with_stmt\n'
|
||
' | funcdef\n'
|
||
' | classdef\n'
|
||
' | async_with_stmt\n'
|
||
' | async_for_stmt\n'
|
||
' | async_funcdef\n'
|
||
' suite ::= stmt_list NEWLINE | NEWLINE INDENT '
|
||
'statement+ DEDENT\n'
|
||
' statement ::= stmt_list NEWLINE | compound_stmt\n'
|
||
' stmt_list ::= simple_stmt (";" simple_stmt)* [";"]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Note that statements always end in a "NEWLINE" possibly followed '
|
||
'by a\n'
|
||
'"DEDENT". Also note that optional continuation clauses always '
|
||
'begin\n'
|
||
'with a keyword that cannot start a statement, thus there are no\n'
|
||
'ambiguities (the ‘dangling "else"’ problem is solved in Python '
|
||
'by\n'
|
||
'requiring nested "if" statements to be indented).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The formatting of the grammar rules in the following sections '
|
||
'places\n'
|
||
'each clause on a separate line for clarity.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "if" statement\n'
|
||
'==================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "if" statement is used for conditional execution:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' if_stmt ::= "if" expression ":" suite\n'
|
||
' ("elif" expression ":" suite)*\n'
|
||
' ["else" ":" suite]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'It selects exactly one of the suites by evaluating the '
|
||
'expressions one\n'
|
||
'by one until one is found to be true (see section Boolean '
|
||
'operations\n'
|
||
'for the definition of true and false); then that suite is '
|
||
'executed\n'
|
||
'(and no other part of the "if" statement is executed or '
|
||
'evaluated).\n'
|
||
'If all expressions are false, the suite of the "else" clause, '
|
||
'if\n'
|
||
'present, is executed.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "while" statement\n'
|
||
'=====================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "while" statement is used for repeated execution as long as '
|
||
'an\n'
|
||
'expression is true:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' while_stmt ::= "while" expression ":" suite\n'
|
||
' ["else" ":" suite]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'This repeatedly tests the expression and, if it is true, '
|
||
'executes the\n'
|
||
'first suite; if the expression is false (which may be the first '
|
||
'time\n'
|
||
'it is tested) the suite of the "else" clause, if present, is '
|
||
'executed\n'
|
||
'and the loop terminates.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A "break" statement executed in the first suite terminates the '
|
||
'loop\n'
|
||
'without executing the "else" clause’s suite. A "continue" '
|
||
'statement\n'
|
||
'executed in the first suite skips the rest of the suite and goes '
|
||
'back\n'
|
||
'to testing the expression.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "for" statement\n'
|
||
'===================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "for" statement is used to iterate over the elements of a '
|
||
'sequence\n'
|
||
'(such as a string, tuple or list) or other iterable object:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' for_stmt ::= "for" target_list "in" expression_list ":" '
|
||
'suite\n'
|
||
' ["else" ":" suite]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The expression list is evaluated once; it should yield an '
|
||
'iterable\n'
|
||
'object. An iterator is created for the result of the\n'
|
||
'"expression_list". The suite is then executed once for each '
|
||
'item\n'
|
||
'provided by the iterator, in the order returned by the '
|
||
'iterator. Each\n'
|
||
'item in turn is assigned to the target list using the standard '
|
||
'rules\n'
|
||
'for assignments (see Assignment statements), and then the suite '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
'executed. When the items are exhausted (which is immediately '
|
||
'when the\n'
|
||
'sequence is empty or an iterator raises a "StopIteration" '
|
||
'exception),\n'
|
||
'the suite in the "else" clause, if present, is executed, and the '
|
||
'loop\n'
|
||
'terminates.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A "break" statement executed in the first suite terminates the '
|
||
'loop\n'
|
||
'without executing the "else" clause’s suite. A "continue" '
|
||
'statement\n'
|
||
'executed in the first suite skips the rest of the suite and '
|
||
'continues\n'
|
||
'with the next item, or with the "else" clause if there is no '
|
||
'next\n'
|
||
'item.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The for-loop makes assignments to the variables(s) in the target '
|
||
'list.\n'
|
||
'This overwrites all previous assignments to those variables '
|
||
'including\n'
|
||
'those made in the suite of the for-loop:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' for i in range(10):\n'
|
||
' print(i)\n'
|
||
' i = 5 # this will not affect the for-loop\n'
|
||
' # because i will be overwritten with '
|
||
'the next\n'
|
||
' # index in the range\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Names in the target list are not deleted when the loop is '
|
||
'finished,\n'
|
||
'but if the sequence is empty, they will not have been assigned '
|
||
'to at\n'
|
||
'all by the loop. Hint: the built-in function "range()" returns '
|
||
'an\n'
|
||
'iterator of integers suitable to emulate the effect of Pascal’s '
|
||
'"for i\n'
|
||
':= a to b do"; e.g., "list(range(3))" returns the list "[0, 1, '
|
||
'2]".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Note: There is a subtlety when the sequence is being modified by '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' loop (this can only occur for mutable sequences, e.g. lists). '
|
||
'An\n'
|
||
' internal counter is used to keep track of which item is used '
|
||
'next,\n'
|
||
' and this is incremented on each iteration. When this counter '
|
||
'has\n'
|
||
' reached the length of the sequence the loop terminates. This '
|
||
'means\n'
|
||
' that if the suite deletes the current (or a previous) item '
|
||
'from the\n'
|
||
' sequence, the next item will be skipped (since it gets the '
|
||
'index of\n'
|
||
' the current item which has already been treated). Likewise, '
|
||
'if the\n'
|
||
' suite inserts an item in the sequence before the current item, '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' current item will be treated again the next time through the '
|
||
'loop.\n'
|
||
' This can lead to nasty bugs that can be avoided by making a\n'
|
||
' temporary copy using a slice of the whole sequence, e.g.,\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' for x in a[:]:\n'
|
||
' if x < 0: a.remove(x)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "try" statement\n'
|
||
'===================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "try" statement specifies exception handlers and/or cleanup '
|
||
'code\n'
|
||
'for a group of statements:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' try_stmt ::= try1_stmt | try2_stmt\n'
|
||
' try1_stmt ::= "try" ":" suite\n'
|
||
' ("except" [expression ["as" identifier]] ":" '
|
||
'suite)+\n'
|
||
' ["else" ":" suite]\n'
|
||
' ["finally" ":" suite]\n'
|
||
' try2_stmt ::= "try" ":" suite\n'
|
||
' "finally" ":" suite\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "except" clause(s) specify one or more exception handlers. '
|
||
'When no\n'
|
||
'exception occurs in the "try" clause, no exception handler is\n'
|
||
'executed. When an exception occurs in the "try" suite, a search '
|
||
'for an\n'
|
||
'exception handler is started. This search inspects the except '
|
||
'clauses\n'
|
||
'in turn until one is found that matches the exception. An '
|
||
'expression-\n'
|
||
'less except clause, if present, must be last; it matches any\n'
|
||
'exception. For an except clause with an expression, that '
|
||
'expression\n'
|
||
'is evaluated, and the clause matches the exception if the '
|
||
'resulting\n'
|
||
'object is “compatible” with the exception. An object is '
|
||
'compatible\n'
|
||
'with an exception if it is the class or a base class of the '
|
||
'exception\n'
|
||
'object or a tuple containing an item compatible with the '
|
||
'exception.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'If no except clause matches the exception, the search for an '
|
||
'exception\n'
|
||
'handler continues in the surrounding code and on the invocation '
|
||
'stack.\n'
|
||
'[1]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'If the evaluation of an expression in the header of an except '
|
||
'clause\n'
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'raises an exception, the original search for a handler is '
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'canceled and\n'
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'a search starts for the new exception in the surrounding code '
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'and on\n'
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'the call stack (it is treated as if the entire "try" statement '
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'raised\n'
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'the exception).\n'
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'\n'
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'When a matching except clause is found, the exception is '
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'assigned to\n'
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'the target specified after the "as" keyword in that except '
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'clause, if\n'
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'present, and the except clause’s suite is executed. All except\n'
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'clauses must have an executable block. When the end of this '
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'block is\n'
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'reached, execution continues normally after the entire try '
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'statement.\n'
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'(This means that if two nested handlers exist for the same '
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'exception,\n'
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'and the exception occurs in the try clause of the inner handler, '
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'the\n'
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'outer handler will not handle the exception.)\n'
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'\n'
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'When an exception has been assigned using "as target", it is '
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'cleared\n'
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'at the end of the except clause. This is as if\n'
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'\n'
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' except E as N:\n'
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' foo\n'
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'\n'
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'was translated to\n'
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' except E as N:\n'
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' try:\n'
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' foo\n'
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' finally:\n'
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' del N\n'
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'\n'
|
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'This means the exception must be assigned to a different name to '
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'be\n'
|
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'able to refer to it after the except clause. Exceptions are '
|
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'cleared\n'
|
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'because with the traceback attached to them, they form a '
|
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'reference\n'
|
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'cycle with the stack frame, keeping all locals in that frame '
|
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'alive\n'
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'until the next garbage collection occurs.\n'
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'\n'
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'Before an except clause’s suite is executed, details about the\n'
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'exception are stored in the "sys" module and can be accessed '
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'via\n'
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'"sys.exc_info()". "sys.exc_info()" returns a 3-tuple consisting '
|
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'of the\n'
|
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'exception class, the exception instance and a traceback object '
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'(see\n'
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'section The standard type hierarchy) identifying the point in '
|
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'the\n'
|
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'program where the exception occurred. "sys.exc_info()" values '
|
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'are\n'
|
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'restored to their previous values (before the call) when '
|
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'returning\n'
|
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'from a function that handled an exception.\n'
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'\n'
|
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'The optional "else" clause is executed if the control flow '
|
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'leaves the\n'
|
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'"try" suite, no exception was raised, and no "return", '
|
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'"continue", or\n'
|
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'"break" statement was executed. Exceptions in the "else" clause '
|
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'are\n'
|
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'not handled by the preceding "except" clauses.\n'
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'\n'
|
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'If "finally" is present, it specifies a ‘cleanup’ handler. The '
|
||
'"try"\n'
|
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'clause is executed, including any "except" and "else" clauses. '
|
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'If an\n'
|
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'exception occurs in any of the clauses and is not handled, the\n'
|
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'exception is temporarily saved. The "finally" clause is '
|
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'executed. If\n'
|
||
'there is a saved exception it is re-raised at the end of the '
|
||
'"finally"\n'
|
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'clause. If the "finally" clause raises another exception, the '
|
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'saved\n'
|
||
'exception is set as the context of the new exception. If the '
|
||
'"finally"\n'
|
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'clause executes a "return" or "break" statement, the saved '
|
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'exception\n'
|
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'is discarded:\n'
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'\n'
|
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' >>> def f():\n'
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' ... try:\n'
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' ... 1/0\n'
|
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' ... finally:\n'
|
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' ... return 42\n'
|
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' ...\n'
|
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' >>> f()\n'
|
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' 42\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
'The exception information is not available to the program '
|
||
'during\n'
|
||
'execution of the "finally" clause.\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
'When a "return", "break" or "continue" statement is executed in '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'"try" suite of a "try"…"finally" statement, the "finally" clause '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
'also executed ‘on the way out.’ A "continue" statement is '
|
||
'illegal in\n'
|
||
'the "finally" clause. (The reason is a problem with the current\n'
|
||
'implementation — this restriction may be lifted in the future).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The return value of a function is determined by the last '
|
||
'"return"\n'
|
||
'statement executed. Since the "finally" clause always executes, '
|
||
'a\n'
|
||
'"return" statement executed in the "finally" clause will always '
|
||
'be the\n'
|
||
'last one executed:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> def foo():\n'
|
||
' ... try:\n'
|
||
" ... return 'try'\n"
|
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' ... finally:\n'
|
||
" ... return 'finally'\n"
|
||
' ...\n'
|
||
' >>> foo()\n'
|
||
" 'finally'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Additional information on exceptions can be found in section\n'
|
||
'Exceptions, and information on using the "raise" statement to '
|
||
'generate\n'
|
||
'exceptions may be found in section The raise statement.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "with" statement\n'
|
||
'====================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "with" statement is used to wrap the execution of a block '
|
||
'with\n'
|
||
'methods defined by a context manager (see section With '
|
||
'Statement\n'
|
||
'Context Managers). This allows common "try"…"except"…"finally" '
|
||
'usage\n'
|
||
'patterns to be encapsulated for convenient reuse.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' with_stmt ::= "with" with_item ("," with_item)* ":" suite\n'
|
||
' with_item ::= expression ["as" target]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The execution of the "with" statement with one “item” proceeds '
|
||
'as\n'
|
||
'follows:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'1. The context expression (the expression given in the '
|
||
'"with_item")\n'
|
||
' is evaluated to obtain a context manager.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'2. The context manager’s "__exit__()" is loaded for later use.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'3. The context manager’s "__enter__()" method is invoked.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'4. If a target was included in the "with" statement, the return\n'
|
||
' value from "__enter__()" is assigned to it.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Note: The "with" statement guarantees that if the '
|
||
'"__enter__()"\n'
|
||
' method returns without an error, then "__exit__()" will '
|
||
'always be\n'
|
||
' called. Thus, if an error occurs during the assignment to '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' target list, it will be treated the same as an error '
|
||
'occurring\n'
|
||
' within the suite would be. See step 6 below.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'5. The suite is executed.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'6. The context manager’s "__exit__()" method is invoked. If an\n'
|
||
' exception caused the suite to be exited, its type, value, '
|
||
'and\n'
|
||
' traceback are passed as arguments to "__exit__()". Otherwise, '
|
||
'three\n'
|
||
' "None" arguments are supplied.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If the suite was exited due to an exception, and the return '
|
||
'value\n'
|
||
' from the "__exit__()" method was false, the exception is '
|
||
'reraised.\n'
|
||
' If the return value was true, the exception is suppressed, '
|
||
'and\n'
|
||
' execution continues with the statement following the "with"\n'
|
||
' statement.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If the suite was exited for any reason other than an '
|
||
'exception, the\n'
|
||
' return value from "__exit__()" is ignored, and execution '
|
||
'proceeds\n'
|
||
' at the normal location for the kind of exit that was taken.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'With more than one item, the context managers are processed as '
|
||
'if\n'
|
||
'multiple "with" statements were nested:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' with A() as a, B() as b:\n'
|
||
' suite\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'is equivalent to\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' with A() as a:\n'
|
||
' with B() as b:\n'
|
||
' suite\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Changed in version 3.1: Support for multiple context '
|
||
'expressions.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See also:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **PEP 343** - The “with” statement\n'
|
||
' The specification, background, and examples for the Python '
|
||
'"with"\n'
|
||
' statement.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Function definitions\n'
|
||
'====================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A function definition defines a user-defined function object '
|
||
'(see\n'
|
||
'section The standard type hierarchy):\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' funcdef ::= [decorators] "def" funcname "(" '
|
||
'[parameter_list] ")"\n'
|
||
' ["->" expression] ":" suite\n'
|
||
' decorators ::= decorator+\n'
|
||
' decorator ::= "@" dotted_name ["(" '
|
||
'[argument_list [","]] ")"] NEWLINE\n'
|
||
' dotted_name ::= identifier ("." identifier)*\n'
|
||
' parameter_list ::= defparameter ("," defparameter)* '
|
||
'["," [parameter_list_starargs]]\n'
|
||
' | parameter_list_starargs\n'
|
||
' parameter_list_starargs ::= "*" [parameter] ("," '
|
||
'defparameter)* ["," ["**" parameter [","]]]\n'
|
||
' | "**" parameter [","]\n'
|
||
' parameter ::= identifier [":" expression]\n'
|
||
' defparameter ::= parameter ["=" expression]\n'
|
||
' funcname ::= identifier\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A function definition is an executable statement. Its execution '
|
||
'binds\n'
|
||
'the function name in the current local namespace to a function '
|
||
'object\n'
|
||
'(a wrapper around the executable code for the function). This\n'
|
||
'function object contains a reference to the current global '
|
||
'namespace\n'
|
||
'as the global namespace to be used when the function is called.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The function definition does not execute the function body; this '
|
||
'gets\n'
|
||
'executed only when the function is called. [2]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A function definition may be wrapped by one or more *decorator*\n'
|
||
'expressions. Decorator expressions are evaluated when the '
|
||
'function is\n'
|
||
'defined, in the scope that contains the function definition. '
|
||
'The\n'
|
||
'result must be a callable, which is invoked with the function '
|
||
'object\n'
|
||
'as the only argument. The returned value is bound to the '
|
||
'function name\n'
|
||
'instead of the function object. Multiple decorators are applied '
|
||
'in\n'
|
||
'nested fashion. For example, the following code\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' @f1(arg)\n'
|
||
' @f2\n'
|
||
' def func(): pass\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'is roughly equivalent to\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' def func(): pass\n'
|
||
' func = f1(arg)(f2(func))\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'except that the original function is not temporarily bound to '
|
||
'the name\n'
|
||
'"func".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'When one or more *parameters* have the form *parameter* "="\n'
|
||
'*expression*, the function is said to have “default parameter '
|
||
'values.”\n'
|
||
'For a parameter with a default value, the corresponding '
|
||
'*argument* may\n'
|
||
'be omitted from a call, in which case the parameter’s default '
|
||
'value is\n'
|
||
'substituted. If a parameter has a default value, all following\n'
|
||
'parameters up until the “"*"” must also have a default value — '
|
||
'this is\n'
|
||
'a syntactic restriction that is not expressed by the grammar.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'**Default parameter values are evaluated from left to right when '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'function definition is executed.** This means that the '
|
||
'expression is\n'
|
||
'evaluated once, when the function is defined, and that the same '
|
||
'“pre-\n'
|
||
'computed” value is used for each call. This is especially '
|
||
'important\n'
|
||
'to understand when a default parameter is a mutable object, such '
|
||
'as a\n'
|
||
'list or a dictionary: if the function modifies the object (e.g. '
|
||
'by\n'
|
||
'appending an item to a list), the default value is in effect '
|
||
'modified.\n'
|
||
'This is generally not what was intended. A way around this is '
|
||
'to use\n'
|
||
'"None" as the default, and explicitly test for it in the body of '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'function, e.g.:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' def whats_on_the_telly(penguin=None):\n'
|
||
' if penguin is None:\n'
|
||
' penguin = []\n'
|
||
' penguin.append("property of the zoo")\n'
|
||
' return penguin\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Function call semantics are described in more detail in section '
|
||
'Calls.\n'
|
||
'A function call always assigns values to all parameters '
|
||
'mentioned in\n'
|
||
'the parameter list, either from position arguments, from '
|
||
'keyword\n'
|
||
'arguments, or from default values. If the form “"*identifier"” '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
'present, it is initialized to a tuple receiving any excess '
|
||
'positional\n'
|
||
'parameters, defaulting to the empty tuple. If the form\n'
|
||
'“"**identifier"” is present, it is initialized to a new ordered\n'
|
||
'mapping receiving any excess keyword arguments, defaulting to a '
|
||
'new\n'
|
||
'empty mapping of the same type. Parameters after “"*"” or\n'
|
||
'“"*identifier"” are keyword-only parameters and may only be '
|
||
'passed\n'
|
||
'used keyword arguments.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Parameters may have annotations of the form “": expression"” '
|
||
'following\n'
|
||
'the parameter name. Any parameter may have an annotation even '
|
||
'those\n'
|
||
'of the form "*identifier" or "**identifier". Functions may '
|
||
'have\n'
|
||
'“return” annotation of the form “"-> expression"” after the '
|
||
'parameter\n'
|
||
'list. These annotations can be any valid Python expression. '
|
||
'The\n'
|
||
'presence of annotations does not change the semantics of a '
|
||
'function.\n'
|
||
'The annotation values are available as values of a dictionary '
|
||
'keyed by\n'
|
||
'the parameters’ names in the "__annotations__" attribute of the\n'
|
||
'function object. If the "annotations" import from "__future__" '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
'used, annotations are preserved as strings at runtime which '
|
||
'enables\n'
|
||
'postponed evaluation. Otherwise, they are evaluated when the '
|
||
'function\n'
|
||
'definition is executed. In this case annotations may be '
|
||
'evaluated in\n'
|
||
'a different order than they appear in the source code.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'It is also possible to create anonymous functions (functions not '
|
||
'bound\n'
|
||
'to a name), for immediate use in expressions. This uses lambda\n'
|
||
'expressions, described in section Lambdas. Note that the '
|
||
'lambda\n'
|
||
'expression is merely a shorthand for a simplified function '
|
||
'definition;\n'
|
||
'a function defined in a “"def"” statement can be passed around '
|
||
'or\n'
|
||
'assigned to another name just like a function defined by a '
|
||
'lambda\n'
|
||
'expression. The “"def"” form is actually more powerful since '
|
||
'it\n'
|
||
'allows the execution of multiple statements and annotations.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'**Programmer’s note:** Functions are first-class objects. A '
|
||
'“"def"”\n'
|
||
'statement executed inside a function definition defines a local\n'
|
||
'function that can be returned or passed around. Free variables '
|
||
'used\n'
|
||
'in the nested function can access the local variables of the '
|
||
'function\n'
|
||
'containing the def. See section Naming and binding for '
|
||
'details.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See also:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **PEP 3107** - Function Annotations\n'
|
||
' The original specification for function annotations.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **PEP 484** - Type Hints\n'
|
||
' Definition of a standard meaning for annotations: type '
|
||
'hints.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **PEP 526** - Syntax for Variable Annotations\n'
|
||
' Ability to type hint variable declarations, including '
|
||
'class\n'
|
||
' variables and instance variables\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **PEP 563** - Postponed Evaluation of Annotations\n'
|
||
' Support for forward references within annotations by '
|
||
'preserving\n'
|
||
' annotations in a string form at runtime instead of eager\n'
|
||
' evaluation.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Class definitions\n'
|
||
'=================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A class definition defines a class object (see section The '
|
||
'standard\n'
|
||
'type hierarchy):\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' classdef ::= [decorators] "class" classname [inheritance] '
|
||
'":" suite\n'
|
||
' inheritance ::= "(" [argument_list] ")"\n'
|
||
' classname ::= identifier\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A class definition is an executable statement. The inheritance '
|
||
'list\n'
|
||
'usually gives a list of base classes (see Metaclasses for more\n'
|
||
'advanced uses), so each item in the list should evaluate to a '
|
||
'class\n'
|
||
'object which allows subclassing. Classes without an inheritance '
|
||
'list\n'
|
||
'inherit, by default, from the base class "object"; hence,\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' class Foo:\n'
|
||
' pass\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'is equivalent to\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' class Foo(object):\n'
|
||
' pass\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The class’s suite is then executed in a new execution frame '
|
||
'(see\n'
|
||
'Naming and binding), using a newly created local namespace and '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'original global namespace. (Usually, the suite contains mostly\n'
|
||
'function definitions.) When the class’s suite finishes '
|
||
'execution, its\n'
|
||
'execution frame is discarded but its local namespace is saved. '
|
||
'[3] A\n'
|
||
'class object is then created using the inheritance list for the '
|
||
'base\n'
|
||
'classes and the saved local namespace for the attribute '
|
||
'dictionary.\n'
|
||
'The class name is bound to this class object in the original '
|
||
'local\n'
|
||
'namespace.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The order in which attributes are defined in the class body is\n'
|
||
'preserved in the new class’s "__dict__". Note that this is '
|
||
'reliable\n'
|
||
'only right after the class is created and only for classes that '
|
||
'were\n'
|
||
'defined using the definition syntax.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Class creation can be customized heavily using metaclasses.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Classes can also be decorated: just like when decorating '
|
||
'functions,\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' @f1(arg)\n'
|
||
' @f2\n'
|
||
' class Foo: pass\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'is roughly equivalent to\n'
|
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'\n'
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' class Foo: pass\n'
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' Foo = f1(arg)(f2(Foo))\n'
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'The evaluation rules for the decorator expressions are the same '
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'as for\n'
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'function decorators. The result is then bound to the class '
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'name.\n'
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'\n'
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'**Programmer’s note:** Variables defined in the class definition '
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'can be set in a method with "self.name = value". Both class '
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'instance attributes are accessible through the notation '
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'and an instance attribute hides a class attribute with the same '
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'unexpected results. Descriptors can be used to create instance\n'
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'\n'
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'See also:\n'
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'\n'
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' **PEP 3115** - Metaclasses in Python 3000\n'
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' The proposal that changed the declaration of metaclasses to '
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'the\n'
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' current syntax, and the semantics for how classes with\n'
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' metaclasses are constructed.\n'
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'\n'
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' **PEP 3129** - Class Decorators\n'
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' The proposal that added class decorators. Function and '
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' decorators were introduced in **PEP 318**.\n'
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'\n'
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'\n'
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'Coroutines\n'
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'==========\n'
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'\n'
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'New in version 3.5.\n'
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'\n'
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'\n'
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'Coroutine function definition\n'
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'-----------------------------\n'
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'\n'
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' async_funcdef ::= [decorators] "async" "def" funcname "(" '
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'[parameter_list] ")"\n'
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' ["->" expression] ":" suite\n'
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'\n'
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'Execution of Python coroutines can be suspended and resumed at '
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'\n'
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'Functions defined with "async def" syntax are always coroutine\n'
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'functions, even if they do not contain "await" or "async" '
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'It is a "SyntaxError" to use a "yield from" expression inside '
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'\n'
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'An example of a coroutine function:\n'
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' do_stuff()\n'
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' await some_coroutine()\n'
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'\n'
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'\n'
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'The "async for" statement\n'
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'\n'
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' async_for_stmt ::= "async" for_stmt\n'
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'\n'
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'An *asynchronous iterable* is able to call asynchronous code in '
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'*iter* implementation, and *asynchronous iterator* can call\n'
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'\n'
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'The "async for" statement allows convenient iteration over\n'
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'The following code:\n'
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' async for TARGET in ITER:\n'
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' else:\n'
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' BLOCK2\n'
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'\n'
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' iter = (ITER)\n'
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' running = True\n'
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' else:\n'
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'See also "__aiter__()" and "__anext__()" for details.\n'
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'\n'
|
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'It is a "SyntaxError" to use an "async for" statement outside '
|
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'\n'
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'The "async with" statement\n'
|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
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' async_with_stmt ::= "async" with_stmt\n'
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'An *asynchronous context manager* is a *context manager* that is '
|
||
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|
||
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'\n'
|
||
'The following code:\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
' async with EXPR as VAR:\n'
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||
' BLOCK\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Is semantically equivalent to:\n'
|
||
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|
||
' mgr = (EXPR)\n'
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' aexit = type(mgr).__aexit__\n'
|
||
' aenter = type(mgr).__aenter__(mgr)\n'
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||
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|
||
' VAR = await aenter\n'
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||
' try:\n'
|
||
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|
||
' except:\n'
|
||
' if not await aexit(mgr, *sys.exc_info()):\n'
|
||
' raise\n'
|
||
' else:\n'
|
||
' await aexit(mgr, None, None, None)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See also "__aenter__()" and "__aexit__()" for details.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'It is a "SyntaxError" to use an "async with" statement outside '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See also:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **PEP 492** - Coroutines with async and await syntax\n'
|
||
' The proposal that made coroutines a proper standalone '
|
||
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|
||
' Python, and added supporting syntax.\n'
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|
||
'-[ Footnotes ]-\n'
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||
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|
||
'[1] The exception is propagated to the invocation stack unless\n'
|
||
' there is a "finally" clause which happens to raise another\n'
|
||
' exception. That new exception causes the old one to be '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'[2] A string literal appearing as the first statement in the\n'
|
||
' function body is transformed into the function’s "__doc__"\n'
|
||
' attribute and therefore the function’s *docstring*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'[3] A string literal appearing as the first statement in the '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' therefore the class’s *docstring*.\n',
|
||
'context-managers': 'With Statement Context Managers\n'
|
||
'*******************************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A *context manager* is an object that defines the '
|
||
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|
||
'be established when executing a "with" statement. The '
|
||
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|
||
'handles the entry into, and the exit from, the desired '
|
||
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|
||
'for the execution of the block of code. Context '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Typical uses of context managers include saving and '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'For more information on context managers, see Context '
|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__enter__(self)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Enter the runtime context related to this object. The '
|
||
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|
||
' statement will bind this method’s return value to the '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Exit the runtime context related to this object. The '
|
||
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|
||
' describe the exception that caused the context to be '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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'\n'
|
||
' If an exception is supplied, and the method wishes to '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' return a true value. Otherwise, the exception will be '
|
||
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|
||
' normally upon exit from this method.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Note that "__exit__()" methods should not reraise the '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See also:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **PEP 343** - The “with” statement\n'
|
||
' The specification, background, and examples for the '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'continue': 'The "continue" statement\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' continue_stmt ::= "continue"\n'
|
||
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|
||
'"continue" may only occur syntactically nested in a "for" or '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'When "continue" passes control out of a "try" statement with a\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'conversions': 'Arithmetic conversions\n'
|
||
'**********************\n'
|
||
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|
||
'When a description of an arithmetic operator below uses the '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' complex;\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* otherwise, both must be integers and no conversion is '
|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Some additional rules apply for certain operators (e.g., a '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'their own\n'
|
||
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|
||
'customization': 'Basic customization\n'
|
||
'*******************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__new__(cls[, ...])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called to create a new instance of class *cls*. '
|
||
'"__new__()" is a\n'
|
||
' static method (special-cased so you need not declare it '
|
||
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|
||
' that takes the class of which an instance was requested '
|
||
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|
||
' first argument. The remaining arguments are those '
|
||
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|
||
' object constructor expression (the call to the class). '
|
||
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|
||
' value of "__new__()" should be the new object instance '
|
||
'(usually an\n'
|
||
' instance of *cls*).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Typical implementations create a new instance of the '
|
||
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|
||
' invoking the superclass’s "__new__()" method using\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' modifying the newly-created instance as necessary before '
|
||
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|
||
' it.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If "__new__()" returns an instance of *cls*, then the '
|
||
'new\n'
|
||
' instance’s "__init__()" method will be invoked like\n'
|
||
' "__init__(self[, ...])", where *self* is the new '
|
||
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|
||
' remaining arguments are the same as were passed to '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' If "__new__()" does not return an instance of *cls*, '
|
||
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|
||
' instance’s "__init__()" method will not be invoked.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' "__new__()" is intended mainly to allow subclasses of '
|
||
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|
||
' types (like int, str, or tuple) to customize instance '
|
||
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|
||
' is also commonly overridden in custom metaclasses in '
|
||
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|
||
' customize class creation.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__init__(self[, ...])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called after the instance has been created (by '
|
||
'"__new__()"), but\n'
|
||
' before it is returned to the caller. The arguments are '
|
||
'those\n'
|
||
' passed to the class constructor expression. If a base '
|
||
'class has an\n'
|
||
' "__init__()" method, the derived class’s "__init__()" '
|
||
'method, if\n'
|
||
' any, must explicitly call it to ensure proper '
|
||
'initialization of the\n'
|
||
' base class part of the instance; for example:\n'
|
||
' "super().__init__([args...])".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Because "__new__()" and "__init__()" work together in '
|
||
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|
||
' objects ("__new__()" to create it, and "__init__()" to '
|
||
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|
||
' it), no non-"None" value may be returned by '
|
||
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|
||
' will cause a "TypeError" to be raised at runtime.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__del__(self)\n'
|
||
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|
||
' Called when the instance is about to be destroyed. This '
|
||
'is also\n'
|
||
' called a finalizer or (improperly) a destructor. If a '
|
||
'base class\n'
|
||
' has a "__del__()" method, the derived class’s '
|
||
'"__del__()" method,\n'
|
||
' if any, must explicitly call it to ensure proper '
|
||
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|
||
' base class part of the instance.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' It is possible (though not recommended!) for the '
|
||
'"__del__()" method\n'
|
||
' to postpone destruction of the instance by creating a '
|
||
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|
||
' to it. This is called object *resurrection*. It is\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' current *CPython* implementation only calls it once.\n'
|
||
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|
||
' It is not guaranteed that "__del__()" methods are called '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Note: "del x" doesn’t directly call "x.__del__()" — the '
|
||
'former\n'
|
||
' decrements the reference count for "x" by one, and the '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **CPython implementation detail:** It is possible for a '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' The frame’s locals then reference the exception, which '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
' See also: Documentation for the "gc" module.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Warning: Due to the precarious circumstances under '
|
||
'which\n'
|
||
' "__del__()" methods are invoked, exceptions that occur '
|
||
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|
||
' their execution are ignored, and a warning is printed '
|
||
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|
||
' "sys.stderr" instead. In particular:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' * "__del__()" can be invoked when arbitrary code is '
|
||
'being\n'
|
||
' executed, including from any arbitrary thread. If '
|
||
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|
||
' needs to take a lock or invoke any other blocking '
|
||
'resource, it\n'
|
||
' may deadlock as the resource may already be taken by '
|
||
'the code\n'
|
||
' that gets interrupted to execute "__del__()".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' * "__del__()" can be executed during interpreter '
|
||
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|
||
' a consequence, the global variables it needs to '
|
||
'access\n'
|
||
' (including other modules) may already have been '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' with a single underscore are deleted from their '
|
||
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|
||
' other globals are deleted; if no other references to '
|
||
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|
||
' globals exist, this may help in assuring that '
|
||
'imported modules\n'
|
||
' are still available at the time when the "__del__()" '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'object.__repr__(self)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called by the "repr()" built-in function to compute the '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'this\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' recreate an object with the same value (given an '
|
||
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|
||
' environment). If this is not possible, a string of the '
|
||
'form\n'
|
||
' "<...some useful description...>" should be returned. '
|
||
'The return\n'
|
||
' value must be a string object. If a class defines '
|
||
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|
||
' not "__str__()", then "__repr__()" is also used when an '
|
||
'“informal”\n'
|
||
' string representation of instances of that class is '
|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
' This is typically used for debugging, so it is important '
|
||
'that the\n'
|
||
' representation is information-rich and unambiguous.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__str__(self)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called by "str(object)" and the built-in functions '
|
||
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|
||
' "print()" to compute the “informal” or nicely printable '
|
||
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|
||
' representation of an object. The return value must be a '
|
||
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|
||
' object.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' This method differs from "object.__repr__()" in that '
|
||
'there is no\n'
|
||
' expectation that "__str__()" return a valid Python '
|
||
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|
||
' more convenient or concise representation can be used.\n'
|
||
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|
||
' The default implementation defined by the built-in type '
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' If a class does not define an "__eq__()" method it '
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|
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' If a class that does not override "__eq__()" wishes to '
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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'debugger': '"pdb" — The Python Debugger\n'
|
||
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|
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|
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||
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|
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|
||
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|
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||
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
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||
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||
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|
||
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||
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||
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|
||
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||
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|
||
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||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'"pdb.py" can also be invoked as a script to debug other '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'New in version 3.2: "pdb.py" now accepts a "-c" option that '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'New in version 3.7: "pdb.py" now accepts a "-m" option that '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'The typical usage to break into the debugger from a running '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' import pdb; pdb.set_trace()\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'The typical usage to inspect a crashed program is:\n'
|
||
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|
||
' >>> import pdb\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' File "./mymodule.py", line 3, in test2\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The module defines the following functions; each enters the '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'pdb.run(statement, globals=None, locals=None)\n'
|
||
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|
||
' Execute the *statement* (given as a string or a code object) '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' commands are explained below). The optional *globals* and '
|
||
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|
||
' arguments specify the environment in which the code is '
|
||
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|
||
' default the dictionary of the module "__main__" is used. '
|
||
'(See the\n'
|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'pdb.runeval(expression, globals=None, locals=None)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Evaluate the *expression* (given as a string or a code '
|
||
'object)\n'
|
||
' under debugger control. When "runeval()" returns, it returns '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' value of the expression. Otherwise this function is similar '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'pdb.runcall(function, *args, **kwds)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Call the *function* (a function or method object, not a '
|
||
'string)\n'
|
||
' with the given arguments. When "runcall()" returns, it '
|
||
'returns\n'
|
||
' whatever the function call returned. The debugger prompt '
|
||
'appears\n'
|
||
' as soon as the function is entered.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'pdb.set_trace(*, header=None)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Enter the debugger at the calling stack frame. This is '
|
||
'useful to\n'
|
||
' hard-code a breakpoint at a given point in a program, even if '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' code is not otherwise being debugged (e.g. when an assertion\n'
|
||
' fails). If given, *header* is printed to the console just '
|
||
'before\n'
|
||
' debugging begins.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Changed in version 3.7: The keyword-only argument *header*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'pdb.post_mortem(traceback=None)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Enter post-mortem debugging of the given *traceback* object. '
|
||
'If no\n'
|
||
' *traceback* is given, it uses the one of the exception that '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
' currently being handled (an exception must be being handled '
|
||
'if the\n'
|
||
' default is to be used).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'pdb.pm()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Enter post-mortem debugging of the traceback found in\n'
|
||
' "sys.last_traceback".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "run*" functions and "set_trace()" are aliases for '
|
||
'instantiating\n'
|
||
'the "Pdb" class and calling the method of the same name. If you '
|
||
'want\n'
|
||
'to access further features, you have to do this yourself:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
"class pdb.Pdb(completekey='tab', stdin=None, stdout=None, "
|
||
'skip=None, nosigint=False, readrc=True)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' "Pdb" is the debugger class.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The *completekey*, *stdin* and *stdout* arguments are passed '
|
||
'to the\n'
|
||
' underlying "cmd.Cmd" class; see the description there.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The *skip* argument, if given, must be an iterable of '
|
||
'glob-style\n'
|
||
' module name patterns. The debugger will not step into frames '
|
||
'that\n'
|
||
' originate in a module that matches one of these patterns. '
|
||
'[1]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' By default, Pdb sets a handler for the SIGINT signal (which '
|
||
'is sent\n'
|
||
' when the user presses "Ctrl-C" on the console) when you give '
|
||
'a\n'
|
||
' "continue" command. This allows you to break into the '
|
||
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|
||
' again by pressing "Ctrl-C". If you want Pdb not to touch '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' SIGINT handler, set *nosigint* to true.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The *readrc* argument defaults to true and controls whether '
|
||
'Pdb\n'
|
||
' will load .pdbrc files from the filesystem.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Example call to enable tracing with *skip*:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
" import pdb; pdb.Pdb(skip=['django.*']).set_trace()\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
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' New in version 3.1: The *skip* argument.\n'
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'\n'
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' New in version 3.2: The *nosigint* argument. Previously, a '
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'SIGINT\n'
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' handler was never set by Pdb.\n'
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'\n'
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' Changed in version 3.6: The *readrc* argument.\n'
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'\n'
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' run(statement, globals=None, locals=None)\n'
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' runeval(expression, globals=None, locals=None)\n'
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' runcall(function, *args, **kwds)\n'
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' set_trace()\n'
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'\n'
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' See the documentation for the functions explained above.\n'
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'\n'
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'\n'
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'Debugger Commands\n'
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'=================\n'
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'\n'
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'The commands recognized by the debugger are listed below. Most\n'
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'commands can be abbreviated to one or two letters as indicated; '
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'e.g.\n'
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'"h(elp)" means that either "h" or "help" can be used to enter '
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'the help\n'
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'command (but not "he" or "hel", nor "H" or "Help" or "HELP").\n'
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'Arguments to commands must be separated by whitespace (spaces '
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'or\n'
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'tabs). Optional arguments are enclosed in square brackets '
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'("[]") in\n'
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'the command syntax; the square brackets must not be typed.\n'
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'Alternatives in the command syntax are separated by a vertical '
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'bar\n'
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'("|").\n'
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'\n'
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'Entering a blank line repeats the last command entered. '
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'Exception: if\n'
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'the last command was a "list" command, the next 11 lines are '
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'listed.\n'
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'\n'
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'Commands that the debugger doesn’t recognize are assumed to be '
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'Python\n'
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'statements and are executed in the context of the program being\n'
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'debugged. Python statements can also be prefixed with an '
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'exclamation\n'
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'point ("!"). This is a powerful way to inspect the program '
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'being\n'
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'debugged; it is even possible to change a variable or call a '
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'function.\n'
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'When an exception occurs in such a statement, the exception name '
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'is\n'
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'printed but the debugger’s state is not changed.\n'
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'\n'
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'The debugger supports aliases. Aliases can have parameters '
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'which\n'
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'allows one a certain level of adaptability to the context under\n'
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'examination.\n'
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'\n'
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'Multiple commands may be entered on a single line, separated by '
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'";;".\n'
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'(A single ";" is not used as it is the separator for multiple '
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'commands\n'
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'in a line that is passed to the Python parser.) No intelligence '
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'is\n'
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'applied to separating the commands; the input is split at the '
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'first\n'
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'";;" pair, even if it is in the middle of a quoted string.\n'
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'\n'
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'If a file ".pdbrc" exists in the user’s home directory or in '
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'the\n'
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'current directory, it is read in and executed as if it had been '
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'typed\n'
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'at the debugger prompt. This is particularly useful for '
|
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'aliases. If\n'
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'both files exist, the one in the home directory is read first '
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'and\n'
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'aliases defined there can be overridden by the local file.\n'
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'\n'
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'Changed in version 3.2: ".pdbrc" can now contain commands that\n'
|
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'continue debugging, such as "continue" or "next". Previously, '
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'these\n'
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'commands had no effect.\n'
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'\n'
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'h(elp) [command]\n'
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'\n'
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' Without argument, print the list of available commands. With '
|
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'a\n'
|
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' *command* as argument, print help about that command. "help '
|
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'pdb"\n'
|
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' displays the full documentation (the docstring of the "pdb"\n'
|
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' module). Since the *command* argument must be an identifier, '
|
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'"help\n'
|
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' exec" must be entered to get help on the "!" command.\n'
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'\n'
|
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'w(here)\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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' Print a stack trace, with the most recent frame at the '
|
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'bottom. An\n'
|
||
' arrow indicates the current frame, which determines the '
|
||
'context of\n'
|
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' most commands.\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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'd(own) [count]\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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' Move the current frame *count* (default one) levels down in '
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'the\n'
|
||
' stack trace (to a newer frame).\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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'u(p) [count]\n'
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'\n'
|
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' Move the current frame *count* (default one) levels up in the '
|
||
'stack\n'
|
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' trace (to an older frame).\n'
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'\n'
|
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'b(reak) [([filename:]lineno | function) [, condition]]\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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' With a *lineno* argument, set a break there in the current '
|
||
'file.\n'
|
||
' With a *function* argument, set a break at the first '
|
||
'executable\n'
|
||
' statement within that function. The line number may be '
|
||
'prefixed\n'
|
||
' with a filename and a colon, to specify a breakpoint in '
|
||
'another\n'
|
||
' file (probably one that hasn’t been loaded yet). The file '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
' searched on "sys.path". Note that each breakpoint is '
|
||
'assigned a\n'
|
||
' number to which all the other breakpoint commands refer.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If a second argument is present, it is an expression which '
|
||
'must\n'
|
||
' evaluate to true before the breakpoint is honored.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Without argument, list all breaks, including for each '
|
||
'breakpoint,\n'
|
||
' the number of times that breakpoint has been hit, the '
|
||
'current\n'
|
||
' ignore count, and the associated condition if any.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'tbreak [([filename:]lineno | function) [, condition]]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Temporary breakpoint, which is removed automatically when it '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
' first hit. The arguments are the same as for "break".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'cl(ear) [filename:lineno | bpnumber [bpnumber ...]]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' With a *filename:lineno* argument, clear all the breakpoints '
|
||
'at\n'
|
||
' this line. With a space separated list of breakpoint numbers, '
|
||
'clear\n'
|
||
' those breakpoints. Without argument, clear all breaks (but '
|
||
'first\n'
|
||
' ask confirmation).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'disable [bpnumber [bpnumber ...]]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Disable the breakpoints given as a space separated list of\n'
|
||
' breakpoint numbers. Disabling a breakpoint means it cannot '
|
||
'cause\n'
|
||
' the program to stop execution, but unlike clearing a '
|
||
'breakpoint, it\n'
|
||
' remains in the list of breakpoints and can be (re-)enabled.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'enable [bpnumber [bpnumber ...]]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Enable the breakpoints specified.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'ignore bpnumber [count]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Set the ignore count for the given breakpoint number. If '
|
||
'count is\n'
|
||
' omitted, the ignore count is set to 0. A breakpoint becomes '
|
||
'active\n'
|
||
' when the ignore count is zero. When non-zero, the count is\n'
|
||
' decremented each time the breakpoint is reached and the '
|
||
'breakpoint\n'
|
||
' is not disabled and any associated condition evaluates to '
|
||
'true.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'condition bpnumber [condition]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Set a new *condition* for the breakpoint, an expression which '
|
||
'must\n'
|
||
' evaluate to true before the breakpoint is honored. If '
|
||
'*condition*\n'
|
||
' is absent, any existing condition is removed; i.e., the '
|
||
'breakpoint\n'
|
||
' is made unconditional.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'commands [bpnumber]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Specify a list of commands for breakpoint number *bpnumber*. '
|
||
'The\n'
|
||
' commands themselves appear on the following lines. Type a '
|
||
'line\n'
|
||
' containing just "end" to terminate the commands. An example:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' (Pdb) commands 1\n'
|
||
' (com) p some_variable\n'
|
||
' (com) end\n'
|
||
' (Pdb)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' To remove all commands from a breakpoint, type "commands" '
|
||
'and\n'
|
||
' follow it immediately with "end"; that is, give no commands.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' With no *bpnumber* argument, "commands" refers to the last\n'
|
||
' breakpoint set.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' You can use breakpoint commands to start your program up '
|
||
'again.\n'
|
||
' Simply use the "continue" command, or "step", or any other '
|
||
'command\n'
|
||
' that resumes execution.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Specifying any command resuming execution (currently '
|
||
'"continue",\n'
|
||
' "step", "next", "return", "jump", "quit" and their '
|
||
'abbreviations)\n'
|
||
' terminates the command list (as if that command was '
|
||
'immediately\n'
|
||
' followed by end). This is because any time you resume '
|
||
'execution\n'
|
||
' (even with a simple next or step), you may encounter another\n'
|
||
' breakpoint—which could have its own command list, leading to\n'
|
||
' ambiguities about which list to execute.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If you use the ‘silent’ command in the command list, the '
|
||
'usual\n'
|
||
' message about stopping at a breakpoint is not printed. This '
|
||
'may be\n'
|
||
' desirable for breakpoints that are to print a specific '
|
||
'message and\n'
|
||
' then continue. If none of the other commands print anything, '
|
||
'you\n'
|
||
' see no sign that the breakpoint was reached.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
's(tep)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Execute the current line, stop at the first possible '
|
||
'occasion\n'
|
||
' (either in a function that is called or on the next line in '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' current function).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'n(ext)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Continue execution until the next line in the current '
|
||
'function is\n'
|
||
' reached or it returns. (The difference between "next" and '
|
||
'"step"\n'
|
||
' is that "step" stops inside a called function, while "next"\n'
|
||
' executes called functions at (nearly) full speed, only '
|
||
'stopping at\n'
|
||
' the next line in the current function.)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'unt(il) [lineno]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Without argument, continue execution until the line with a '
|
||
'number\n'
|
||
' greater than the current one is reached.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' With a line number, continue execution until a line with a '
|
||
'number\n'
|
||
' greater or equal to that is reached. In both cases, also '
|
||
'stop when\n'
|
||
' the current frame returns.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Changed in version 3.2: Allow giving an explicit line '
|
||
'number.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'r(eturn)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Continue execution until the current function returns.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'c(ont(inue))\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Continue execution, only stop when a breakpoint is '
|
||
'encountered.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'j(ump) lineno\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Set the next line that will be executed. Only available in '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' bottom-most frame. This lets you jump back and execute code '
|
||
'again,\n'
|
||
' or jump forward to skip code that you don’t want to run.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' It should be noted that not all jumps are allowed – for '
|
||
'instance it\n'
|
||
' is not possible to jump into the middle of a "for" loop or '
|
||
'out of a\n'
|
||
' "finally" clause.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'l(ist) [first[, last]]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' List source code for the current file. Without arguments, '
|
||
'list 11\n'
|
||
' lines around the current line or continue the previous '
|
||
'listing.\n'
|
||
' With "." as argument, list 11 lines around the current line. '
|
||
'With\n'
|
||
' one argument, list 11 lines around at that line. With two\n'
|
||
' arguments, list the given range; if the second argument is '
|
||
'less\n'
|
||
' than the first, it is interpreted as a count.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The current line in the current frame is indicated by "->". '
|
||
'If an\n'
|
||
' exception is being debugged, the line where the exception '
|
||
'was\n'
|
||
' originally raised or propagated is indicated by ">>", if it '
|
||
'differs\n'
|
||
' from the current line.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' New in version 3.2: The ">>" marker.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'll | longlist\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' List all source code for the current function or frame.\n'
|
||
' Interesting lines are marked as for "list".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' New in version 3.2.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'a(rgs)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Print the argument list of the current function.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'p expression\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Evaluate the *expression* in the current context and print '
|
||
'its\n'
|
||
' value.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Note: "print()" can also be used, but is not a debugger '
|
||
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|
||
' this executes the Python "print()" function.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'pp expression\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Like the "p" command, except the value of the expression is '
|
||
'pretty-\n'
|
||
' printed using the "pprint" module.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'whatis expression\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Print the type of the *expression*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'source expression\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Try to get source code for the given object and display it.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' New in version 3.2.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'display [expression]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Display the value of the expression if it changed, each time\n'
|
||
' execution stops in the current frame.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Without expression, list all display expressions for the '
|
||
'current\n'
|
||
' frame.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' New in version 3.2.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'undisplay [expression]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Do not display the expression any more in the current frame.\n'
|
||
' Without expression, clear all display expressions for the '
|
||
'current\n'
|
||
' frame.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' New in version 3.2.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'interact\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Start an interactive interpreter (using the "code" module) '
|
||
'whose\n'
|
||
' global namespace contains all the (global and local) names '
|
||
'found in\n'
|
||
' the current scope.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' New in version 3.2.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'alias [name [command]]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Create an alias called *name* that executes *command*. The '
|
||
'command\n'
|
||
' must *not* be enclosed in quotes. Replaceable parameters can '
|
||
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|
||
' indicated by "%1", "%2", and so on, while "%*" is replaced by '
|
||
'all\n'
|
||
' the parameters. If no command is given, the current alias '
|
||
'for\n'
|
||
' *name* is shown. If no arguments are given, all aliases are '
|
||
'listed.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Aliases may be nested and can contain anything that can be '
|
||
'legally\n'
|
||
' typed at the pdb prompt. Note that internal pdb commands '
|
||
'*can* be\n'
|
||
' overridden by aliases. Such a command is then hidden until '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' alias is removed. Aliasing is recursively applied to the '
|
||
'first\n'
|
||
' word of the command line; all other words in the line are '
|
||
'left\n'
|
||
' alone.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' As an example, here are two useful aliases (especially when '
|
||
'placed\n'
|
||
' in the ".pdbrc" file):\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' # Print instance variables (usage "pi classInst")\n'
|
||
' alias pi for k in %1.__dict__.keys(): '
|
||
'print("%1.",k,"=",%1.__dict__[k])\n'
|
||
' # Print instance variables in self\n'
|
||
' alias ps pi self\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'unalias name\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Delete the specified alias.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'! statement\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Execute the (one-line) *statement* in the context of the '
|
||
'current\n'
|
||
' stack frame. The exclamation point can be omitted unless the '
|
||
'first\n'
|
||
' word of the statement resembles a debugger command. To set '
|
||
'a\n'
|
||
' global variable, you can prefix the assignment command with '
|
||
'a\n'
|
||
' "global" statement on the same line, e.g.:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
" (Pdb) global list_options; list_options = ['-l']\n"
|
||
' (Pdb)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'run [args ...]\n'
|
||
'restart [args ...]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Restart the debugged Python program. If an argument is '
|
||
'supplied,\n'
|
||
' it is split with "shlex" and the result is used as the new\n'
|
||
' "sys.argv". History, breakpoints, actions and debugger '
|
||
'options are\n'
|
||
' preserved. "restart" is an alias for "run".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'q(uit)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Quit from the debugger. The program being executed is '
|
||
'aborted.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'-[ Footnotes ]-\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'[1] Whether a frame is considered to originate in a certain '
|
||
'module\n'
|
||
' is determined by the "__name__" in the frame globals.\n',
|
||
'del': 'The "del" statement\n'
|
||
'*******************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' del_stmt ::= "del" target_list\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Deletion is recursively defined very similar to the way assignment '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
'defined. Rather than spelling it out in full details, here are some\n'
|
||
'hints.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Deletion of a target list recursively deletes each target, from left\n'
|
||
'to right.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Deletion of a name removes the binding of that name from the local '
|
||
'or\n'
|
||
'global namespace, depending on whether the name occurs in a "global"\n'
|
||
'statement in the same code block. If the name is unbound, a\n'
|
||
'"NameError" exception will be raised.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Deletion of attribute references, subscriptions and slicings is '
|
||
'passed\n'
|
||
'to the primary object involved; deletion of a slicing is in general\n'
|
||
'equivalent to assignment of an empty slice of the right type (but '
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'even\n'
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'this is determined by the sliced object).\n'
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'\n'
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'Changed in version 3.2: Previously it was illegal to delete a name\n'
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'from the local namespace if it occurs as a free variable in a nested\n'
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'block.\n',
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'dict': 'Dictionary displays\n'
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'*******************\n'
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'\n'
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'A dictionary display is a possibly empty series of key/datum pairs\n'
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'enclosed in curly braces:\n'
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'\n'
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' dict_display ::= "{" [key_datum_list | dict_comprehension] '
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'"}"\n'
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' key_datum_list ::= key_datum ("," key_datum)* [","]\n'
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' key_datum ::= expression ":" expression | "**" or_expr\n'
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' dict_comprehension ::= expression ":" expression comp_for\n'
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'\n'
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'A dictionary display yields a new dictionary object.\n'
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'\n'
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'If a comma-separated sequence of key/datum pairs is given, they are\n'
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'evaluated from left to right to define the entries of the '
|
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'dictionary:\n'
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'each key object is used as a key into the dictionary to store the\n'
|
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'corresponding datum. This means that you can specify the same key\n'
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'multiple times in the key/datum list, and the final dictionary’s '
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'value\n'
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'for that key will be the last one given.\n'
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'\n'
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'A double asterisk "**" denotes *dictionary unpacking*. Its operand\n'
|
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'must be a *mapping*. Each mapping item is added to the new\n'
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'dictionary. Later values replace values already set by earlier\n'
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'key/datum pairs and earlier dictionary unpackings.\n'
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'\n'
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'New in version 3.5: Unpacking into dictionary displays, originally\n'
|
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'proposed by **PEP 448**.\n'
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'\n'
|
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'A dict comprehension, in contrast to list and set comprehensions,\n'
|
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'needs two expressions separated with a colon followed by the usual\n'
|
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'“for” and “if” clauses. When the comprehension is run, the '
|
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'resulting\n'
|
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'key and value elements are inserted in the new dictionary in the '
|
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'order\n'
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'\n'
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'Restrictions on the types of the key values are listed earlier in\n'
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'should be *hashable*, which excludes all mutable objects.) Clashes\n'
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'between duplicate keys are not detected; the last datum (textually\n'
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'*********************************\n'
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'\n'
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'Name resolution of free variables occurs at runtime, not '
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'at compile\n'
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'time. This means that the following code will print 42:\n'
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'\n'
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' i = 10\n'
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' def f():\n'
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' print(i)\n'
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' i = 42\n'
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' f()\n'
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'\n'
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'The "eval()" and "exec()" functions do not have access '
|
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'to the full\n'
|
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'environment for resolving names. Names may be resolved '
|
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'in the local\n'
|
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'and global namespaces of the caller. Free variables are '
|
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'not resolved\n'
|
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'in the nearest enclosing namespace, but in the global '
|
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'namespace. [1]\n'
|
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'The "exec()" and "eval()" functions have optional '
|
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'arguments to\n'
|
||
'override the global and local namespace. If only one '
|
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'namespace is\n'
|
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'specified, it is used for both.\n',
|
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'else': 'The "if" statement\n'
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'******************\n'
|
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'\n'
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'The "if" statement is used for conditional execution:\n'
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'\n'
|
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' if_stmt ::= "if" expression ":" suite\n'
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' ("elif" expression ":" suite)*\n'
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' ["else" ":" suite]\n'
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'\n'
|
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'It selects exactly one of the suites by evaluating the expressions '
|
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'one\n'
|
||
'by one until one is found to be true (see section Boolean '
|
||
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|
||
'for the definition of true and false); then that suite is executed\n'
|
||
'(and no other part of the "if" statement is executed or evaluated).\n'
|
||
'If all expressions are false, the suite of the "else" clause, if\n'
|
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|
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'**********\n'
|
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'\n'
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'Exceptions are a means of breaking out of the normal flow of '
|
||
'control\n'
|
||
'of a code block in order to handle errors or other '
|
||
'exceptional\n'
|
||
'conditions. An exception is *raised* at the point where the '
|
||
'error is\n'
|
||
'detected; it may be *handled* by the surrounding code block or '
|
||
'by any\n'
|
||
'code block that directly or indirectly invoked the code block '
|
||
'where\n'
|
||
'the error occurred.\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
'The Python interpreter raises an exception when it detects a '
|
||
'run-time\n'
|
||
'error (such as division by zero). A Python program can also\n'
|
||
'explicitly raise an exception with the "raise" statement. '
|
||
'Exception\n'
|
||
'handlers are specified with the "try" … "except" statement. '
|
||
'The\n'
|
||
'"finally" clause of such a statement can be used to specify '
|
||
'cleanup\n'
|
||
'code which does not handle the exception, but is executed '
|
||
'whether an\n'
|
||
'exception occurred or not in the preceding code.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Python uses the “termination” model of error handling: an '
|
||
'exception\n'
|
||
'handler can find out what happened and continue execution at '
|
||
'an outer\n'
|
||
'level, but it cannot repair the cause of the error and retry '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'failing operation (except by re-entering the offending piece '
|
||
'of code\n'
|
||
'from the top).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'When an exception is not handled at all, the interpreter '
|
||
'terminates\n'
|
||
'execution of the program, or returns to its interactive main '
|
||
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|
||
'either case, it prints a stack backtrace, except when the '
|
||
'exception is\n'
|
||
'"SystemExit".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Exceptions are identified by class instances. The "except" '
|
||
'clause is\n'
|
||
'selected depending on the class of the instance: it must '
|
||
'reference the\n'
|
||
'class of the instance or a base class thereof. The instance '
|
||
'can be\n'
|
||
'received by the handler and can carry additional information '
|
||
'about the\n'
|
||
'exceptional condition.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Note: Exception messages are not part of the Python API. '
|
||
'Their\n'
|
||
' contents may change from one version of Python to the next '
|
||
'without\n'
|
||
' warning and should not be relied on by code which will run '
|
||
'under\n'
|
||
' multiple versions of the interpreter.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See also the description of the "try" statement in section The '
|
||
'try\n'
|
||
'statement and "raise" statement in section The raise '
|
||
'statement.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'-[ Footnotes ]-\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'[1] This limitation occurs because the code that is executed '
|
||
'by\n'
|
||
' these operations is not available at the time the module '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
' compiled.\n',
|
||
'execmodel': 'Execution model\n'
|
||
'***************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Structure of a program\n'
|
||
'======================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A Python program is constructed from code blocks. A *block* is '
|
||
'a piece\n'
|
||
'of Python program text that is executed as a unit. The '
|
||
'following are\n'
|
||
'blocks: a module, a function body, and a class definition. '
|
||
'Each\n'
|
||
'command typed interactively is a block. A script file (a file '
|
||
'given\n'
|
||
'as standard input to the interpreter or specified as a command '
|
||
'line\n'
|
||
'argument to the interpreter) is a code block. A script command '
|
||
'(a\n'
|
||
'command specified on the interpreter command line with the '
|
||
'"-c"\n'
|
||
'option) is a code block. The string argument passed to the '
|
||
'built-in\n'
|
||
'functions "eval()" and "exec()" is a code block.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A code block is executed in an *execution frame*. A frame '
|
||
'contains\n'
|
||
'some administrative information (used for debugging) and '
|
||
'determines\n'
|
||
'where and how execution continues after the code block’s '
|
||
'execution has\n'
|
||
'completed.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Naming and binding\n'
|
||
'==================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Binding of names\n'
|
||
'----------------\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'*Names* refer to objects. Names are introduced by name '
|
||
'binding\n'
|
||
'operations.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The following constructs bind names: formal parameters to '
|
||
'functions,\n'
|
||
'"import" statements, class and function definitions (these bind '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'class or function name in the defining block), and targets that '
|
||
'are\n'
|
||
'identifiers if occurring in an assignment, "for" loop header, '
|
||
'or after\n'
|
||
'"as" in a "with" statement or "except" clause. The "import" '
|
||
'statement\n'
|
||
'of the form "from ... import *" binds all names defined in the\n'
|
||
'imported module, except those beginning with an underscore. '
|
||
'This form\n'
|
||
'may only be used at the module level.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A target occurring in a "del" statement is also considered '
|
||
'bound for\n'
|
||
'this purpose (though the actual semantics are to unbind the '
|
||
'name).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Each assignment or import statement occurs within a block '
|
||
'defined by a\n'
|
||
'class or function definition or at the module level (the '
|
||
'top-level\n'
|
||
'code block).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'If a name is bound in a block, it is a local variable of that '
|
||
'block,\n'
|
||
'unless declared as "nonlocal" or "global". If a name is bound '
|
||
'at the\n'
|
||
'module level, it is a global variable. (The variables of the '
|
||
'module\n'
|
||
'code block are local and global.) If a variable is used in a '
|
||
'code\n'
|
||
'block but not defined there, it is a *free variable*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Each occurrence of a name in the program text refers to the '
|
||
'*binding*\n'
|
||
'of that name established by the following name resolution '
|
||
'rules.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Resolution of names\n'
|
||
'-------------------\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A *scope* defines the visibility of a name within a block. If '
|
||
'a local\n'
|
||
'variable is defined in a block, its scope includes that block. '
|
||
'If the\n'
|
||
'definition occurs in a function block, the scope extends to any '
|
||
'blocks\n'
|
||
'contained within the defining one, unless a contained block '
|
||
'introduces\n'
|
||
'a different binding for the name.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'When a name is used in a code block, it is resolved using the '
|
||
'nearest\n'
|
||
'enclosing scope. The set of all such scopes visible to a code '
|
||
'block\n'
|
||
'is called the block’s *environment*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'When a name is not found at all, a "NameError" exception is '
|
||
'raised. If\n'
|
||
'the current scope is a function scope, and the name refers to a '
|
||
'local\n'
|
||
'variable that has not yet been bound to a value at the point '
|
||
'where the\n'
|
||
'name is used, an "UnboundLocalError" exception is raised.\n'
|
||
'"UnboundLocalError" is a subclass of "NameError".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'If a name binding operation occurs anywhere within a code '
|
||
'block, all\n'
|
||
'uses of the name within the block are treated as references to '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'current block. This can lead to errors when a name is used '
|
||
'within a\n'
|
||
'block before it is bound. This rule is subtle. Python lacks\n'
|
||
'declarations and allows name binding operations to occur '
|
||
'anywhere\n'
|
||
'within a code block. The local variables of a code block can '
|
||
'be\n'
|
||
'determined by scanning the entire text of the block for name '
|
||
'binding\n'
|
||
'operations.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'If the "global" statement occurs within a block, all uses of '
|
||
'the name\n'
|
||
'specified in the statement refer to the binding of that name in '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'top-level namespace. Names are resolved in the top-level '
|
||
'namespace by\n'
|
||
'searching the global namespace, i.e. the namespace of the '
|
||
'module\n'
|
||
'containing the code block, and the builtins namespace, the '
|
||
'namespace\n'
|
||
'of the module "builtins". The global namespace is searched '
|
||
'first. If\n'
|
||
'the name is not found there, the builtins namespace is '
|
||
'searched. The\n'
|
||
'"global" statement must precede all uses of the name.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "global" statement has the same scope as a name binding '
|
||
'operation\n'
|
||
'in the same block. If the nearest enclosing scope for a free '
|
||
'variable\n'
|
||
'contains a global statement, the free variable is treated as a '
|
||
'global.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "nonlocal" statement causes corresponding names to refer '
|
||
'to\n'
|
||
'previously bound variables in the nearest enclosing function '
|
||
'scope.\n'
|
||
'"SyntaxError" is raised at compile time if the given name does '
|
||
'not\n'
|
||
'exist in any enclosing function scope.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The namespace for a module is automatically created the first '
|
||
'time a\n'
|
||
'module is imported. The main module for a script is always '
|
||
'called\n'
|
||
'"__main__".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Class definition blocks and arguments to "exec()" and "eval()" '
|
||
'are\n'
|
||
'special in the context of name resolution. A class definition '
|
||
'is an\n'
|
||
'executable statement that may use and define names. These '
|
||
'references\n'
|
||
'follow the normal rules for name resolution with an exception '
|
||
'that\n'
|
||
'unbound local variables are looked up in the global namespace. '
|
||
'The\n'
|
||
'namespace of the class definition becomes the attribute '
|
||
'dictionary of\n'
|
||
'the class. The scope of names defined in a class block is '
|
||
'limited to\n'
|
||
'the class block; it does not extend to the code blocks of '
|
||
'methods –\n'
|
||
'this includes comprehensions and generator expressions since '
|
||
'they are\n'
|
||
'implemented using a function scope. This means that the '
|
||
'following\n'
|
||
'will fail:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' class A:\n'
|
||
' a = 42\n'
|
||
' b = list(a + i for i in range(10))\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Builtins and restricted execution\n'
|
||
'---------------------------------\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'**CPython implementation detail:** Users should not touch\n'
|
||
'"__builtins__"; it is strictly an implementation detail. '
|
||
'Users\n'
|
||
'wanting to override values in the builtins namespace should '
|
||
'"import"\n'
|
||
'the "builtins" module and modify its attributes appropriately.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The builtins namespace associated with the execution of a code '
|
||
'block\n'
|
||
'is actually found by looking up the name "__builtins__" in its '
|
||
'global\n'
|
||
'namespace; this should be a dictionary or a module (in the '
|
||
'latter case\n'
|
||
'the module’s dictionary is used). By default, when in the '
|
||
'"__main__"\n'
|
||
'module, "__builtins__" is the built-in module "builtins"; when '
|
||
'in any\n'
|
||
'other module, "__builtins__" is an alias for the dictionary of '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'"builtins" module itself.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Interaction with dynamic features\n'
|
||
'---------------------------------\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Name resolution of free variables occurs at runtime, not at '
|
||
'compile\n'
|
||
'time. This means that the following code will print 42:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' i = 10\n'
|
||
' def f():\n'
|
||
' print(i)\n'
|
||
' i = 42\n'
|
||
' f()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "eval()" and "exec()" functions do not have access to the '
|
||
'full\n'
|
||
'environment for resolving names. Names may be resolved in the '
|
||
'local\n'
|
||
'and global namespaces of the caller. Free variables are not '
|
||
'resolved\n'
|
||
'in the nearest enclosing namespace, but in the global '
|
||
'namespace. [1]\n'
|
||
'The "exec()" and "eval()" functions have optional arguments to\n'
|
||
'override the global and local namespace. If only one namespace '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
'specified, it is used for both.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Exceptions\n'
|
||
'==========\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Exceptions are a means of breaking out of the normal flow of '
|
||
'control\n'
|
||
'of a code block in order to handle errors or other exceptional\n'
|
||
'conditions. An exception is *raised* at the point where the '
|
||
'error is\n'
|
||
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|
||
'by any\n'
|
||
'code block that directly or indirectly invoked the code block '
|
||
'where\n'
|
||
'the error occurred.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The Python interpreter raises an exception when it detects a '
|
||
'run-time\n'
|
||
'error (such as division by zero). A Python program can also\n'
|
||
'explicitly raise an exception with the "raise" statement. '
|
||
'Exception\n'
|
||
'handlers are specified with the "try" … "except" statement. '
|
||
'The\n'
|
||
'"finally" clause of such a statement can be used to specify '
|
||
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|
||
'code which does not handle the exception, but is executed '
|
||
'whether an\n'
|
||
'exception occurred or not in the preceding code.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Python uses the “termination” model of error handling: an '
|
||
'exception\n'
|
||
'handler can find out what happened and continue execution at an '
|
||
'outer\n'
|
||
'level, but it cannot repair the cause of the error and retry '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'failing operation (except by re-entering the offending piece of '
|
||
'code\n'
|
||
'from the top).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'When an exception is not handled at all, the interpreter '
|
||
'terminates\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'either case, it prints a stack backtrace, except when the '
|
||
'exception is\n'
|
||
'"SystemExit".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Exceptions are identified by class instances. The "except" '
|
||
'clause is\n'
|
||
'selected depending on the class of the instance: it must '
|
||
'reference the\n'
|
||
'class of the instance or a base class thereof. The instance '
|
||
'can be\n'
|
||
'received by the handler and can carry additional information '
|
||
'about the\n'
|
||
'exceptional condition.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Note: Exception messages are not part of the Python API. '
|
||
'Their\n'
|
||
' contents may change from one version of Python to the next '
|
||
'without\n'
|
||
' warning and should not be relied on by code which will run '
|
||
'under\n'
|
||
' multiple versions of the interpreter.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See also the description of the "try" statement in section The '
|
||
'try\n'
|
||
'statement and "raise" statement in section The raise '
|
||
'statement.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'-[ Footnotes ]-\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'[1] This limitation occurs because the code that is executed '
|
||
'by\n'
|
||
' these operations is not available at the time the module '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
' compiled.\n',
|
||
'exprlists': 'Expression lists\n'
|
||
'****************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' expression_list ::= expression ("," expression)* [","]\n'
|
||
' starred_list ::= starred_item ("," starred_item)* '
|
||
'[","]\n'
|
||
' starred_expression ::= expression | (starred_item ",")* '
|
||
'[starred_item]\n'
|
||
' starred_item ::= expression | "*" or_expr\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Except when part of a list or set display, an expression list\n'
|
||
'containing at least one comma yields a tuple. The length of '
|
||
'the tuple\n'
|
||
'is the number of expressions in the list. The expressions are\n'
|
||
'evaluated from left to right.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'An asterisk "*" denotes *iterable unpacking*. Its operand must '
|
||
'be an\n'
|
||
'*iterable*. The iterable is expanded into a sequence of items, '
|
||
'which\n'
|
||
'are included in the new tuple, list, or set, at the site of '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'unpacking.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'New in version 3.5: Iterable unpacking in expression lists, '
|
||
'originally\n'
|
||
'proposed by **PEP 448**.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The trailing comma is required only to create a single tuple '
|
||
'(a.k.a. a\n'
|
||
'*singleton*); it is optional in all other cases. A single '
|
||
'expression\n'
|
||
'without a trailing comma doesn’t create a tuple, but rather '
|
||
'yields the\n'
|
||
'value of that expression. (To create an empty tuple, use an '
|
||
'empty pair\n'
|
||
'of parentheses: "()".)\n',
|
||
'floating': 'Floating point literals\n'
|
||
'***********************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Floating point literals are described by the following lexical\n'
|
||
'definitions:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' floatnumber ::= pointfloat | exponentfloat\n'
|
||
' pointfloat ::= [digitpart] fraction | digitpart "."\n'
|
||
' exponentfloat ::= (digitpart | pointfloat) exponent\n'
|
||
' digitpart ::= digit (["_"] digit)*\n'
|
||
' fraction ::= "." digitpart\n'
|
||
' exponent ::= ("e" | "E") ["+" | "-"] digitpart\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Note that the integer and exponent parts are always interpreted '
|
||
'using\n'
|
||
'radix 10. For example, "077e010" is legal, and denotes the same '
|
||
'number\n'
|
||
'as "77e10". The allowed range of floating point literals is\n'
|
||
'implementation-dependent. As in integer literals, underscores '
|
||
'are\n'
|
||
'supported for digit grouping.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Some examples of floating point literals:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' 3.14 10. .001 1e100 3.14e-10 0e0 '
|
||
'3.14_15_93\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Changed in version 3.6: Underscores are now allowed for '
|
||
'grouping\n'
|
||
'purposes in literals.\n',
|
||
'for': 'The "for" statement\n'
|
||
'*******************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "for" statement is used to iterate over the elements of a '
|
||
'sequence\n'
|
||
'(such as a string, tuple or list) or other iterable object:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' for_stmt ::= "for" target_list "in" expression_list ":" suite\n'
|
||
' ["else" ":" suite]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The expression list is evaluated once; it should yield an iterable\n'
|
||
'object. An iterator is created for the result of the\n'
|
||
'"expression_list". The suite is then executed once for each item\n'
|
||
'provided by the iterator, in the order returned by the iterator. '
|
||
'Each\n'
|
||
'item in turn is assigned to the target list using the standard rules\n'
|
||
'for assignments (see Assignment statements), and then the suite is\n'
|
||
'executed. When the items are exhausted (which is immediately when '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'sequence is empty or an iterator raises a "StopIteration" '
|
||
'exception),\n'
|
||
'the suite in the "else" clause, if present, is executed, and the '
|
||
'loop\n'
|
||
'terminates.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A "break" statement executed in the first suite terminates the loop\n'
|
||
'without executing the "else" clause’s suite. A "continue" statement\n'
|
||
'executed in the first suite skips the rest of the suite and '
|
||
'continues\n'
|
||
'with the next item, or with the "else" clause if there is no next\n'
|
||
'item.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The for-loop makes assignments to the variables(s) in the target '
|
||
'list.\n'
|
||
'This overwrites all previous assignments to those variables '
|
||
'including\n'
|
||
'those made in the suite of the for-loop:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' for i in range(10):\n'
|
||
' print(i)\n'
|
||
' i = 5 # this will not affect the for-loop\n'
|
||
' # because i will be overwritten with the '
|
||
'next\n'
|
||
' # index in the range\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Names in the target list are not deleted when the loop is finished,\n'
|
||
'but if the sequence is empty, they will not have been assigned to at\n'
|
||
'all by the loop. Hint: the built-in function "range()" returns an\n'
|
||
'iterator of integers suitable to emulate the effect of Pascal’s "for '
|
||
'i\n'
|
||
':= a to b do"; e.g., "list(range(3))" returns the list "[0, 1, 2]".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Note: There is a subtlety when the sequence is being modified by the\n'
|
||
' loop (this can only occur for mutable sequences, e.g. lists). An\n'
|
||
' internal counter is used to keep track of which item is used next,\n'
|
||
' and this is incremented on each iteration. When this counter has\n'
|
||
' reached the length of the sequence the loop terminates. This '
|
||
'means\n'
|
||
' that if the suite deletes the current (or a previous) item from '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' sequence, the next item will be skipped (since it gets the index '
|
||
'of\n'
|
||
' the current item which has already been treated). Likewise, if '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' suite inserts an item in the sequence before the current item, the\n'
|
||
' current item will be treated again the next time through the loop.\n'
|
||
' This can lead to nasty bugs that can be avoided by making a\n'
|
||
' temporary copy using a slice of the whole sequence, e.g.,\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' for x in a[:]:\n'
|
||
' if x < 0: a.remove(x)\n',
|
||
'formatstrings': 'Format String Syntax\n'
|
||
'********************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "str.format()" method and the "Formatter" class share '
|
||
'the same\n'
|
||
'syntax for format strings (although in the case of '
|
||
'"Formatter",\n'
|
||
'subclasses can define their own format string syntax). The '
|
||
'syntax is\n'
|
||
'related to that of formatted string literals, but there '
|
||
'are\n'
|
||
'differences.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Format strings contain “replacement fields” surrounded by '
|
||
'curly braces\n'
|
||
'"{}". Anything that is not contained in braces is '
|
||
'considered literal\n'
|
||
'text, which is copied unchanged to the output. If you need '
|
||
'to include\n'
|
||
'a brace character in the literal text, it can be escaped by '
|
||
'doubling:\n'
|
||
'"{{" and "}}".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The grammar for a replacement field is as follows:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' replacement_field ::= "{" [field_name] ["!" '
|
||
'conversion] [":" format_spec] "}"\n'
|
||
' field_name ::= arg_name ("." attribute_name | '
|
||
'"[" element_index "]")*\n'
|
||
' arg_name ::= [identifier | digit+]\n'
|
||
' attribute_name ::= identifier\n'
|
||
' element_index ::= digit+ | index_string\n'
|
||
' index_string ::= <any source character except '
|
||
'"]"> +\n'
|
||
' conversion ::= "r" | "s" | "a"\n'
|
||
' format_spec ::= <described in the next '
|
||
'section>\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'In less formal terms, the replacement field can start with '
|
||
'a\n'
|
||
'*field_name* that specifies the object whose value is to be '
|
||
'formatted\n'
|
||
'and inserted into the output instead of the replacement '
|
||
'field. The\n'
|
||
'*field_name* is optionally followed by a *conversion* '
|
||
'field, which is\n'
|
||
'preceded by an exclamation point "\'!\'", and a '
|
||
'*format_spec*, which is\n'
|
||
'preceded by a colon "\':\'". These specify a non-default '
|
||
'format for the\n'
|
||
'replacement value.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See also the Format Specification Mini-Language section.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The *field_name* itself begins with an *arg_name* that is '
|
||
'either a\n'
|
||
'number or a keyword. If it’s a number, it refers to a '
|
||
'positional\n'
|
||
'argument, and if it’s a keyword, it refers to a named '
|
||
'keyword\n'
|
||
'argument. If the numerical arg_names in a format string '
|
||
'are 0, 1, 2,\n'
|
||
'… in sequence, they can all be omitted (not just some) and '
|
||
'the numbers\n'
|
||
'0, 1, 2, … will be automatically inserted in that order. '
|
||
'Because\n'
|
||
'*arg_name* is not quote-delimited, it is not possible to '
|
||
'specify\n'
|
||
'arbitrary dictionary keys (e.g., the strings "\'10\'" or '
|
||
'"\':-]\'") within\n'
|
||
'a format string. The *arg_name* can be followed by any '
|
||
'number of index\n'
|
||
'or attribute expressions. An expression of the form '
|
||
'"\'.name\'" selects\n'
|
||
'the named attribute using "getattr()", while an expression '
|
||
'of the form\n'
|
||
'"\'[index]\'" does an index lookup using "__getitem__()".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Changed in version 3.1: The positional argument specifiers '
|
||
'can be\n'
|
||
'omitted for "str.format()", so "\'{} {}\'.format(a, b)" is '
|
||
'equivalent to\n'
|
||
'"\'{0} {1}\'.format(a, b)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Changed in version 3.4: The positional argument specifiers '
|
||
'can be\n'
|
||
'omitted for "Formatter".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Some simple format string examples:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' "First, thou shalt count to {0}" # References first '
|
||
'positional argument\n'
|
||
' "Bring me a {}" # Implicitly '
|
||
'references the first positional argument\n'
|
||
' "From {} to {}" # Same as "From {0} to '
|
||
'{1}"\n'
|
||
' "My quest is {name}" # References keyword '
|
||
"argument 'name'\n"
|
||
' "Weight in tons {0.weight}" # \'weight\' attribute '
|
||
'of first positional arg\n'
|
||
' "Units destroyed: {players[0]}" # First element of '
|
||
"keyword argument 'players'.\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The *conversion* field causes a type coercion before '
|
||
'formatting.\n'
|
||
'Normally, the job of formatting a value is done by the '
|
||
'"__format__()"\n'
|
||
'method of the value itself. However, in some cases it is '
|
||
'desirable to\n'
|
||
'force a type to be formatted as a string, overriding its '
|
||
'own\n'
|
||
'definition of formatting. By converting the value to a '
|
||
'string before\n'
|
||
'calling "__format__()", the normal formatting logic is '
|
||
'bypassed.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Three conversion flags are currently supported: "\'!s\'" '
|
||
'which calls\n'
|
||
'"str()" on the value, "\'!r\'" which calls "repr()" and '
|
||
'"\'!a\'" which\n'
|
||
'calls "ascii()".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Some examples:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' "Harold\'s a clever {0!s}" # Calls str() on the '
|
||
'argument first\n'
|
||
' "Bring out the holy {name!r}" # Calls repr() on the '
|
||
'argument first\n'
|
||
' "More {!a}" # Calls ascii() on the '
|
||
'argument first\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The *format_spec* field contains a specification of how the '
|
||
'value\n'
|
||
'should be presented, including such details as field width, '
|
||
'alignment,\n'
|
||
'padding, decimal precision and so on. Each value type can '
|
||
'define its\n'
|
||
'own “formatting mini-language” or interpretation of the '
|
||
'*format_spec*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Most built-in types support a common formatting '
|
||
'mini-language, which\n'
|
||
'is described in the next section.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A *format_spec* field can also include nested replacement '
|
||
'fields\n'
|
||
'within it. These nested replacement fields may contain a '
|
||
'field name,\n'
|
||
'conversion flag and format specification, but deeper '
|
||
'nesting is not\n'
|
||
'allowed. The replacement fields within the format_spec '
|
||
'are\n'
|
||
'substituted before the *format_spec* string is interpreted. '
|
||
'This\n'
|
||
'allows the formatting of a value to be dynamically '
|
||
'specified.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See the Format examples section for some examples.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Format Specification Mini-Language\n'
|
||
'==================================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'“Format specifications” are used within replacement fields '
|
||
'contained\n'
|
||
'within a format string to define how individual values are '
|
||
'presented\n'
|
||
'(see Format String Syntax and Formatted string literals). '
|
||
'They can\n'
|
||
'also be passed directly to the built-in "format()" '
|
||
'function. Each\n'
|
||
'formattable type may define how the format specification is '
|
||
'to be\n'
|
||
'interpreted.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Most built-in types implement the following options for '
|
||
'format\n'
|
||
'specifications, although some of the formatting options are '
|
||
'only\n'
|
||
'supported by the numeric types.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A general convention is that an empty format string ("""") '
|
||
'produces\n'
|
||
'the same result as if you had called "str()" on the value. '
|
||
'A non-empty\n'
|
||
'format string typically modifies the result.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The general form of a *standard format specifier* is:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' format_spec ::= '
|
||
'[[fill]align][sign][#][0][width][grouping_option][.precision][type]\n'
|
||
' fill ::= <any character>\n'
|
||
' align ::= "<" | ">" | "=" | "^"\n'
|
||
' sign ::= "+" | "-" | " "\n'
|
||
' width ::= digit+\n'
|
||
' grouping_option ::= "_" | ","\n'
|
||
' precision ::= digit+\n'
|
||
' type ::= "b" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "E" | "f" | '
|
||
'"F" | "g" | "G" | "n" | "o" | "s" | "x" | "X" | "%"\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'If a valid *align* value is specified, it can be preceded '
|
||
'by a *fill*\n'
|
||
'character that can be any character and defaults to a space '
|
||
'if\n'
|
||
'omitted. It is not possible to use a literal curly brace '
|
||
'(“"{"” or\n'
|
||
'“"}"”) as the *fill* character in a formatted string '
|
||
'literal or when\n'
|
||
'using the "str.format()" method. However, it is possible '
|
||
'to insert a\n'
|
||
'curly brace with a nested replacement field. This '
|
||
'limitation doesn’t\n'
|
||
'affect the "format()" function.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The meaning of the various alignment options is as '
|
||
'follows:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | Option | '
|
||
'Meaning '
|
||
'|\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+===========+============================================================+\n'
|
||
' | "\'<\'" | Forces the field to be left-aligned '
|
||
'within the available |\n'
|
||
' | | space (this is the default for most '
|
||
'objects). |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'>\'" | Forces the field to be right-aligned '
|
||
'within the available |\n'
|
||
' | | space (this is the default for '
|
||
'numbers). |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'=\'" | Forces the padding to be placed after '
|
||
'the sign (if any) |\n'
|
||
' | | but before the digits. This is used for '
|
||
'printing fields |\n'
|
||
' | | in the form ‘+000000120’. This alignment '
|
||
'option is only |\n'
|
||
' | | valid for numeric types. It becomes the '
|
||
'default when ‘0’ |\n'
|
||
' | | immediately precedes the field '
|
||
'width. |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'^\'" | Forces the field to be centered within '
|
||
'the available |\n'
|
||
' | | '
|
||
'space. '
|
||
'|\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Note that unless a minimum field width is defined, the '
|
||
'field width\n'
|
||
'will always be the same size as the data to fill it, so '
|
||
'that the\n'
|
||
'alignment option has no meaning in this case.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The *sign* option is only valid for number types, and can '
|
||
'be one of\n'
|
||
'the following:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | Option | '
|
||
'Meaning '
|
||
'|\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+===========+============================================================+\n'
|
||
' | "\'+\'" | indicates that a sign should be used for '
|
||
'both positive as |\n'
|
||
' | | well as negative '
|
||
'numbers. |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'-\'" | indicates that a sign should be used '
|
||
'only for negative |\n'
|
||
' | | numbers (this is the default '
|
||
'behavior). |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | space | indicates that a leading space should be '
|
||
'used on positive |\n'
|
||
' | | numbers, and a minus sign on negative '
|
||
'numbers. |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "\'#\'" option causes the “alternate form” to be used '
|
||
'for the\n'
|
||
'conversion. The alternate form is defined differently for '
|
||
'different\n'
|
||
'types. This option is only valid for integer, float, '
|
||
'complex and\n'
|
||
'Decimal types. For integers, when binary, octal, or '
|
||
'hexadecimal output\n'
|
||
'is used, this option adds the prefix respective "\'0b\'", '
|
||
'"\'0o\'", or\n'
|
||
'"\'0x\'" to the output value. For floats, complex and '
|
||
'Decimal the\n'
|
||
'alternate form causes the result of the conversion to '
|
||
'always contain a\n'
|
||
'decimal-point character, even if no digits follow it. '
|
||
'Normally, a\n'
|
||
'decimal-point character appears in the result of these '
|
||
'conversions\n'
|
||
'only if a digit follows it. In addition, for "\'g\'" and '
|
||
'"\'G\'"\n'
|
||
'conversions, trailing zeros are not removed from the '
|
||
'result.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "\',\'" option signals the use of a comma for a '
|
||
'thousands separator.\n'
|
||
'For a locale aware separator, use the "\'n\'" integer '
|
||
'presentation type\n'
|
||
'instead.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Changed in version 3.1: Added the "\',\'" option (see also '
|
||
'**PEP 378**).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "\'_\'" option signals the use of an underscore for a '
|
||
'thousands\n'
|
||
'separator for floating point presentation types and for '
|
||
'integer\n'
|
||
'presentation type "\'d\'". For integer presentation types '
|
||
'"\'b\'", "\'o\'",\n'
|
||
'"\'x\'", and "\'X\'", underscores will be inserted every 4 '
|
||
'digits. For\n'
|
||
'other presentation types, specifying this option is an '
|
||
'error.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Changed in version 3.6: Added the "\'_\'" option (see also '
|
||
'**PEP 515**).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'*width* is a decimal integer defining the minimum field '
|
||
'width. If not\n'
|
||
'specified, then the field width will be determined by the '
|
||
'content.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'When no explicit alignment is given, preceding the *width* '
|
||
'field by a\n'
|
||
'zero ("\'0\'") character enables sign-aware zero-padding '
|
||
'for numeric\n'
|
||
'types. This is equivalent to a *fill* character of "\'0\'" '
|
||
'with an\n'
|
||
'*alignment* type of "\'=\'".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The *precision* is a decimal number indicating how many '
|
||
'digits should\n'
|
||
'be displayed after the decimal point for a floating point '
|
||
'value\n'
|
||
'formatted with "\'f\'" and "\'F\'", or before and after the '
|
||
'decimal point\n'
|
||
'for a floating point value formatted with "\'g\'" or '
|
||
'"\'G\'". For non-\n'
|
||
'number types the field indicates the maximum field size - '
|
||
'in other\n'
|
||
'words, how many characters will be used from the field '
|
||
'content. The\n'
|
||
'*precision* is not allowed for integer values.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Finally, the *type* determines how the data should be '
|
||
'presented.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The available string presentation types are:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | Type | '
|
||
'Meaning '
|
||
'|\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+===========+============================================================+\n'
|
||
' | "\'s\'" | String format. This is the default type '
|
||
'for strings and |\n'
|
||
' | | may be '
|
||
'omitted. |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | None | The same as '
|
||
'"\'s\'". |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The available integer presentation types are:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | Type | '
|
||
'Meaning '
|
||
'|\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+===========+============================================================+\n'
|
||
' | "\'b\'" | Binary format. Outputs the number in '
|
||
'base 2. |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'c\'" | Character. Converts the integer to the '
|
||
'corresponding |\n'
|
||
' | | unicode character before '
|
||
'printing. |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'d\'" | Decimal Integer. Outputs the number in '
|
||
'base 10. |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'o\'" | Octal format. Outputs the number in base '
|
||
'8. |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'x\'" | Hex format. Outputs the number in base '
|
||
'16, using lower- |\n'
|
||
' | | case letters for the digits above '
|
||
'9. |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'X\'" | Hex format. Outputs the number in base '
|
||
'16, using upper- |\n'
|
||
' | | case letters for the digits above '
|
||
'9. |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'n\'" | Number. This is the same as "\'d\'", '
|
||
'except that it uses the |\n'
|
||
' | | current locale setting to insert the '
|
||
'appropriate number |\n'
|
||
' | | separator '
|
||
'characters. |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | None | The same as '
|
||
'"\'d\'". |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'In addition to the above presentation types, integers can '
|
||
'be formatted\n'
|
||
'with the floating point presentation types listed below '
|
||
'(except "\'n\'"\n'
|
||
'and "None"). When doing so, "float()" is used to convert '
|
||
'the integer\n'
|
||
'to a floating point number before formatting.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The available presentation types for floating point and '
|
||
'decimal values\n'
|
||
'are:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | Type | '
|
||
'Meaning '
|
||
'|\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+===========+============================================================+\n'
|
||
' | "\'e\'" | Exponent notation. Prints the number in '
|
||
'scientific |\n'
|
||
' | | notation using the letter ‘e’ to indicate '
|
||
'the exponent. |\n'
|
||
' | | The default precision is '
|
||
'"6". |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'E\'" | Exponent notation. Same as "\'e\'" '
|
||
'except it uses an upper |\n'
|
||
' | | case ‘E’ as the separator '
|
||
'character. |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'f\'" | Fixed-point notation. Displays the '
|
||
'number as a fixed-point |\n'
|
||
' | | number. The default precision is '
|
||
'"6". |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'F\'" | Fixed-point notation. Same as "\'f\'", '
|
||
'but converts "nan" to |\n'
|
||
' | | "NAN" and "inf" to '
|
||
'"INF". |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'g\'" | General format. For a given precision '
|
||
'"p >= 1", this |\n'
|
||
' | | rounds the number to "p" significant '
|
||
'digits and then |\n'
|
||
' | | formats the result in either fixed-point '
|
||
'format or in |\n'
|
||
' | | scientific notation, depending on its '
|
||
'magnitude. The |\n'
|
||
' | | precise rules are as follows: suppose that '
|
||
'the result |\n'
|
||
' | | formatted with presentation type "\'e\'" '
|
||
'and precision "p-1" |\n'
|
||
' | | would have exponent "exp". Then if "-4 <= '
|
||
'exp < p", the |\n'
|
||
' | | number is formatted with presentation type '
|
||
'"\'f\'" and |\n'
|
||
' | | precision "p-1-exp". Otherwise, the '
|
||
'number is formatted |\n'
|
||
' | | with presentation type "\'e\'" and '
|
||
'precision "p-1". In both |\n'
|
||
' | | cases insignificant trailing zeros are '
|
||
'removed from the |\n'
|
||
' | | significand, and the decimal point is also '
|
||
'removed if |\n'
|
||
' | | there are no remaining digits following '
|
||
'it. Positive and |\n'
|
||
' | | negative infinity, positive and negative '
|
||
'zero, and nans, |\n'
|
||
' | | are formatted as "inf", "-inf", "0", "-0" '
|
||
'and "nan" |\n'
|
||
' | | respectively, regardless of the '
|
||
'precision. A precision of |\n'
|
||
' | | "0" is treated as equivalent to a '
|
||
'precision of "1". The |\n'
|
||
' | | default precision is '
|
||
'"6". |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'G\'" | General format. Same as "\'g\'" except '
|
||
'switches to "\'E\'" if |\n'
|
||
' | | the number gets too large. The '
|
||
'representations of infinity |\n'
|
||
' | | and NaN are uppercased, '
|
||
'too. |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'n\'" | Number. This is the same as "\'g\'", '
|
||
'except that it uses the |\n'
|
||
' | | current locale setting to insert the '
|
||
'appropriate number |\n'
|
||
' | | separator '
|
||
'characters. |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\'%\'" | Percentage. Multiplies the number by 100 '
|
||
'and displays in |\n'
|
||
' | | fixed ("\'f\'") format, followed by a '
|
||
'percent sign. |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | None | Similar to "\'g\'", except that '
|
||
'fixed-point notation, when |\n'
|
||
' | | used, has at least one digit past the '
|
||
'decimal point. The |\n'
|
||
' | | default precision is as high as needed to '
|
||
'represent the |\n'
|
||
' | | particular value. The overall effect is to '
|
||
'match the |\n'
|
||
' | | output of "str()" as altered by the other '
|
||
'format |\n'
|
||
' | | '
|
||
'modifiers. '
|
||
'|\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Format examples\n'
|
||
'===============\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'This section contains examples of the "str.format()" syntax '
|
||
'and\n'
|
||
'comparison with the old "%"-formatting.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'In most of the cases the syntax is similar to the old '
|
||
'"%"-formatting,\n'
|
||
'with the addition of the "{}" and with ":" used instead of '
|
||
'"%". For\n'
|
||
'example, "\'%03.2f\'" can be translated to "\'{:03.2f}\'".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The new format syntax also supports new and different '
|
||
'options, shown\n'
|
||
'in the following examples.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Accessing arguments by position:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
" >>> '{0}, {1}, {2}'.format('a', 'b', 'c')\n"
|
||
" 'a, b, c'\n"
|
||
" >>> '{}, {}, {}'.format('a', 'b', 'c') # 3.1+ only\n"
|
||
" 'a, b, c'\n"
|
||
" >>> '{2}, {1}, {0}'.format('a', 'b', 'c')\n"
|
||
" 'c, b, a'\n"
|
||
" >>> '{2}, {1}, {0}'.format(*'abc') # unpacking "
|
||
'argument sequence\n'
|
||
" 'c, b, a'\n"
|
||
" >>> '{0}{1}{0}'.format('abra', 'cad') # arguments' "
|
||
'indices can be repeated\n'
|
||
" 'abracadabra'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Accessing arguments by name:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
" >>> 'Coordinates: {latitude}, "
|
||
"{longitude}'.format(latitude='37.24N', "
|
||
"longitude='-115.81W')\n"
|
||
" 'Coordinates: 37.24N, -115.81W'\n"
|
||
" >>> coord = {'latitude': '37.24N', 'longitude': "
|
||
"'-115.81W'}\n"
|
||
" >>> 'Coordinates: {latitude}, "
|
||
"{longitude}'.format(**coord)\n"
|
||
" 'Coordinates: 37.24N, -115.81W'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Accessing arguments’ attributes:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> c = 3-5j\n'
|
||
" >>> ('The complex number {0} is formed from the real "
|
||
"part {0.real} '\n"
|
||
" ... 'and the imaginary part {0.imag}.').format(c)\n"
|
||
" 'The complex number (3-5j) is formed from the real part "
|
||
"3.0 and the imaginary part -5.0.'\n"
|
||
' >>> class Point:\n'
|
||
' ... def __init__(self, x, y):\n'
|
||
' ... self.x, self.y = x, y\n'
|
||
' ... def __str__(self):\n'
|
||
" ... return 'Point({self.x}, "
|
||
"{self.y})'.format(self=self)\n"
|
||
' ...\n'
|
||
' >>> str(Point(4, 2))\n'
|
||
" 'Point(4, 2)'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Accessing arguments’ items:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> coord = (3, 5)\n'
|
||
" >>> 'X: {0[0]}; Y: {0[1]}'.format(coord)\n"
|
||
" 'X: 3; Y: 5'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Replacing "%s" and "%r":\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> "repr() shows quotes: {!r}; str() doesn\'t: '
|
||
'{!s}".format(\'test1\', \'test2\')\n'
|
||
' "repr() shows quotes: \'test1\'; str() doesn\'t: test2"\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Aligning the text and specifying a width:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
" >>> '{:<30}'.format('left aligned')\n"
|
||
" 'left aligned '\n"
|
||
" >>> '{:>30}'.format('right aligned')\n"
|
||
" ' right aligned'\n"
|
||
" >>> '{:^30}'.format('centered')\n"
|
||
" ' centered '\n"
|
||
" >>> '{:*^30}'.format('centered') # use '*' as a fill "
|
||
'char\n'
|
||
" '***********centered***********'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Replacing "%+f", "%-f", and "% f" and specifying a sign:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
" >>> '{:+f}; {:+f}'.format(3.14, -3.14) # show it "
|
||
'always\n'
|
||
" '+3.140000; -3.140000'\n"
|
||
" >>> '{: f}; {: f}'.format(3.14, -3.14) # show a space "
|
||
'for positive numbers\n'
|
||
" ' 3.140000; -3.140000'\n"
|
||
" >>> '{:-f}; {:-f}'.format(3.14, -3.14) # show only the "
|
||
"minus -- same as '{:f}; {:f}'\n"
|
||
" '3.140000; -3.140000'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Replacing "%x" and "%o" and converting the value to '
|
||
'different bases:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> # format also supports binary numbers\n'
|
||
' >>> "int: {0:d}; hex: {0:x}; oct: {0:o}; bin: '
|
||
'{0:b}".format(42)\n'
|
||
" 'int: 42; hex: 2a; oct: 52; bin: 101010'\n"
|
||
' >>> # with 0x, 0o, or 0b as prefix:\n'
|
||
' >>> "int: {0:d}; hex: {0:#x}; oct: {0:#o}; bin: '
|
||
'{0:#b}".format(42)\n'
|
||
" 'int: 42; hex: 0x2a; oct: 0o52; bin: 0b101010'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Using the comma as a thousands separator:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
" >>> '{:,}'.format(1234567890)\n"
|
||
" '1,234,567,890'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Expressing a percentage:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> points = 19\n'
|
||
' >>> total = 22\n'
|
||
" >>> 'Correct answers: {:.2%}'.format(points/total)\n"
|
||
" 'Correct answers: 86.36%'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Using type-specific formatting:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> import datetime\n'
|
||
' >>> d = datetime.datetime(2010, 7, 4, 12, 15, 58)\n'
|
||
" >>> '{:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S}'.format(d)\n"
|
||
" '2010-07-04 12:15:58'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Nesting arguments and more complex examples:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
" >>> for align, text in zip('<^>', ['left', 'center', "
|
||
"'right']):\n"
|
||
" ... '{0:{fill}{align}16}'.format(text, fill=align, "
|
||
'align=align)\n'
|
||
' ...\n'
|
||
" 'left<<<<<<<<<<<<'\n"
|
||
" '^^^^^center^^^^^'\n"
|
||
" '>>>>>>>>>>>right'\n"
|
||
' >>>\n'
|
||
' >>> octets = [192, 168, 0, 1]\n'
|
||
" >>> '{:02X}{:02X}{:02X}{:02X}'.format(*octets)\n"
|
||
" 'C0A80001'\n"
|
||
' >>> int(_, 16)\n'
|
||
' 3232235521\n'
|
||
' >>>\n'
|
||
' >>> width = 5\n'
|
||
' >>> for num in range(5,12): \n'
|
||
" ... for base in 'dXob':\n"
|
||
" ... print('{0:{width}{base}}'.format(num, "
|
||
"base=base, width=width), end=' ')\n"
|
||
' ... print()\n'
|
||
' ...\n'
|
||
' 5 5 5 101\n'
|
||
' 6 6 6 110\n'
|
||
' 7 7 7 111\n'
|
||
' 8 8 10 1000\n'
|
||
' 9 9 11 1001\n'
|
||
' 10 A 12 1010\n'
|
||
' 11 B 13 1011\n',
|
||
'function': 'Function definitions\n'
|
||
'********************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A function definition defines a user-defined function object '
|
||
'(see\n'
|
||
'section The standard type hierarchy):\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' funcdef ::= [decorators] "def" funcname "(" '
|
||
'[parameter_list] ")"\n'
|
||
' ["->" expression] ":" suite\n'
|
||
' decorators ::= decorator+\n'
|
||
' decorator ::= "@" dotted_name ["(" '
|
||
'[argument_list [","]] ")"] NEWLINE\n'
|
||
' dotted_name ::= identifier ("." identifier)*\n'
|
||
' parameter_list ::= defparameter ("," defparameter)* '
|
||
'["," [parameter_list_starargs]]\n'
|
||
' | parameter_list_starargs\n'
|
||
' parameter_list_starargs ::= "*" [parameter] ("," '
|
||
'defparameter)* ["," ["**" parameter [","]]]\n'
|
||
' | "**" parameter [","]\n'
|
||
' parameter ::= identifier [":" expression]\n'
|
||
' defparameter ::= parameter ["=" expression]\n'
|
||
' funcname ::= identifier\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A function definition is an executable statement. Its execution '
|
||
'binds\n'
|
||
'the function name in the current local namespace to a function '
|
||
'object\n'
|
||
'(a wrapper around the executable code for the function). This\n'
|
||
'function object contains a reference to the current global '
|
||
'namespace\n'
|
||
'as the global namespace to be used when the function is called.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The function definition does not execute the function body; this '
|
||
'gets\n'
|
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'to understand when a default parameter is a mutable object, such '
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' def whats_on_the_telly(penguin=None):\n'
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' if penguin is None:\n'
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|
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'Parameters may have annotations of the form “": expression"” '
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'the parameter name. Any parameter may have an annotation even '
|
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'those\n'
|
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'of the form "*identifier" or "**identifier". Functions may '
|
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|
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'“return” annotation of the form “"-> expression"” after the '
|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
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'function object. If the "annotations" import from "__future__" '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
'used, annotations are preserved as strings at runtime which '
|
||
'enables\n'
|
||
'postponed evaluation. Otherwise, they are evaluated when the '
|
||
'function\n'
|
||
'definition is executed. In this case annotations may be '
|
||
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|
||
'a different order than they appear in the source code.\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
'It is also possible to create anonymous functions (functions not '
|
||
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|
||
'to a name), for immediate use in expressions. This uses lambda\n'
|
||
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|
||
'lambda\n'
|
||
'expression is merely a shorthand for a simplified function '
|
||
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|
||
'a function defined in a “"def"” statement can be passed around '
|
||
'or\n'
|
||
'assigned to another name just like a function defined by a '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'it\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'**Programmer’s note:** Functions are first-class objects. A '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'function\n'
|
||
'containing the def. See section Naming and binding for '
|
||
'details.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See also:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **PEP 3107** - Function Annotations\n'
|
||
' The original specification for function annotations.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **PEP 484** - Type Hints\n'
|
||
' Definition of a standard meaning for annotations: type '
|
||
'hints.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **PEP 526** - Syntax for Variable Annotations\n'
|
||
' Ability to type hint variable declarations, including '
|
||
'class\n'
|
||
' variables and instance variables\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **PEP 563** - Postponed Evaluation of Annotations\n'
|
||
' Support for forward references within annotations by '
|
||
'preserving\n'
|
||
' annotations in a string form at runtime instead of eager\n'
|
||
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|
||
'global': 'The "global" statement\n'
|
||
'**********************\n'
|
||
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|
||
' global_stmt ::= "global" identifier ("," identifier)*\n'
|
||
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|
||
'The "global" statement is a declaration which holds for the '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Names listed in a "global" statement must not be used in the same '
|
||
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|
||
'block textually preceding that "global" statement.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Names listed in a "global" statement must not be defined as '
|
||
'formal\n'
|
||
'parameters or in a "for" loop control target, "class" definition,\n'
|
||
'function definition, "import" statement, or variable annotation.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'**CPython implementation detail:** The current implementation does '
|
||
'not\n'
|
||
'enforce some of these restrictions, but programs should not abuse '
|
||
'this\n'
|
||
'freedom, as future implementations may enforce them or silently '
|
||
'change\n'
|
||
'the meaning of the program.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'**Programmer’s note:** "global" is a directive to the parser. It\n'
|
||
'applies only to code parsed at the same time as the "global"\n'
|
||
'statement. In particular, a "global" statement contained in a '
|
||
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|
||
'or code object supplied to the built-in "exec()" function does '
|
||
'not\n'
|
||
'affect the code block *containing* the function call, and code\n'
|
||
'contained in such a string is unaffected by "global" statements in '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'code containing the function call. The same applies to the '
|
||
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|
||
'and "compile()" functions.\n',
|
||
'id-classes': 'Reserved classes of identifiers\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'Certain classes of identifiers (besides keywords) have '
|
||
'special\n'
|
||
'meanings. These classes are identified by the patterns of '
|
||
'leading and\n'
|
||
'trailing underscore characters:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'"_*"\n'
|
||
' Not imported by "from module import *". The special '
|
||
'identifier "_"\n'
|
||
' is used in the interactive interpreter to store the result '
|
||
'of the\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' in interactive mode, "_" has no special meaning and is not '
|
||
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|
||
' See section The import statement.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Note: The name "_" is often used in conjunction with\n'
|
||
' internationalization; refer to the documentation for the\n'
|
||
' "gettext" module for more information on this '
|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'"__*__"\n'
|
||
' System-defined names. These names are defined by the '
|
||
'interpreter\n'
|
||
' and its implementation (including the standard library). '
|
||
'Current\n'
|
||
' system names are discussed in the Special method names '
|
||
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|
||
' elsewhere. More will likely be defined in future versions '
|
||
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|
||
' Python. *Any* use of "__*__" names, in any context, that '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'"__*"\n'
|
||
' Class-private names. Names in this category, when used '
|
||
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|
||
' context of a class definition, are re-written to use a '
|
||
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|
||
' to help avoid name clashes between “private” attributes of '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'The syntax of identifiers in Python is based on the Unicode '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'Within the ASCII range (U+0001..U+007F), the valid characters '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' id_continue ::= <all characters in id_start, plus '
|
||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'* *Lt* - titlecase letters\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'* *Pc* - connector punctuations\n'
|
||
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|
||
'* *Other_ID_Start* - explicit list of characters in '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A non-normative HTML file listing all valid identifier '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The following identifiers are used as reserved words, or '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' False await else import pass\n'
|
||
' None break except in raise\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Reserved classes of identifiers\n'
|
||
'===============================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Certain classes of identifiers (besides keywords) have '
|
||
'special\n'
|
||
'meanings. These classes are identified by the patterns of '
|
||
'leading and\n'
|
||
'trailing underscore characters:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'"_*"\n'
|
||
' Not imported by "from module import *". The special '
|
||
'identifier "_"\n'
|
||
' is used in the interactive interpreter to store the result '
|
||
'of the\n'
|
||
' last evaluation; it is stored in the "builtins" module. '
|
||
'When not\n'
|
||
' in interactive mode, "_" has no special meaning and is not '
|
||
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|
||
' See section The import statement.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Note: The name "_" is often used in conjunction with\n'
|
||
' internationalization; refer to the documentation for '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' "gettext" module for more information on this '
|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'"__*__"\n'
|
||
' System-defined names. These names are defined by the '
|
||
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|
||
' and its implementation (including the standard library). '
|
||
'Current\n'
|
||
' system names are discussed in the Special method names '
|
||
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|
||
' elsewhere. More will likely be defined in future versions '
|
||
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|
||
' Python. *Any* use of "__*__" names, in any context, that '
|
||
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|
||
' follow explicitly documented use, is subject to breakage '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'"__*"\n'
|
||
' Class-private names. Names in this category, when used '
|
||
'within the\n'
|
||
' context of a class definition, are re-written to use a '
|
||
'mangled form\n'
|
||
' to help avoid name clashes between “private” attributes of '
|
||
'base and\n'
|
||
' derived classes. See section Identifiers (Names).\n',
|
||
'if': 'The "if" statement\n'
|
||
'******************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "if" statement is used for conditional execution:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' if_stmt ::= "if" expression ":" suite\n'
|
||
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|
||
' ["else" ":" suite]\n'
|
||
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|
||
'It selects exactly one of the suites by evaluating the expressions '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'******************\n'
|
||
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|
||
'Imaginary literals are described by the following lexical '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' 3.14j 10.j 10j .001j 1e100j 3.14e-10j '
|
||
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|
||
'import': 'The "import" statement\n'
|
||
'**********************\n'
|
||
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|
||
' import_stmt ::= "import" module ["as" identifier] ("," '
|
||
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|
||
' | "from" relative_module "import" identifier '
|
||
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|
||
' ("," identifier ["as" identifier])*\n'
|
||
' | "from" relative_module "import" "(" '
|
||
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|
||
' ("," identifier ["as" identifier])* [","] ")"\n'
|
||
' | "from" module "import" "*"\n'
|
||
' module ::= (identifier ".")* identifier\n'
|
||
' relative_module ::= "."* module | "."+\n'
|
||
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|
||
'The basic import statement (no "from" clause) is executed in two\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'2. define a name or names in the local namespace for the scope\n'
|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'When the statement contains multiple clauses (separated by commas) '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'two steps are carried out separately for each clause, just as '
|
||
'though\n'
|
||
'the clauses had been separated out into individual import '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'The details of the first step, finding and loading modules are\n'
|
||
'described in greater detail in the section on the import system, '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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||
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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||
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||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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||
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||
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|
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|
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|
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||
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|
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|
||
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||
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|
||
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|
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||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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||
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|
||
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||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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||
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||
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||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
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||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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'value changes if that mutable object is changed.\n'
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'\n'
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'Types affect almost all aspects of object behavior. Even the\n'
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'importance of object identity is affected in some sense: for '
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'immutable\n'
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'types, operations that compute new values may actually return a\n'
|
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'reference to any existing object with the same type and value, '
|
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'while\n'
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'for mutable objects this is not allowed. E.g., after "a = 1; b = '
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'1",\n'
|
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'"a" and "b" may or may not refer to the same object with the '
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'value\n'
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'one, depending on the implementation, but after "c = []; d = []", '
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'"c"\n'
|
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'and "d" are guaranteed to refer to two different, unique, newly\n'
|
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'created empty lists. (Note that "c = d = []" assigns the same '
|
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'object\n'
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'to both "c" and "d".)\n',
|
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'operator-summary': 'Operator precedence\n'
|
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'*******************\n'
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'\n'
|
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'The following table summarizes the operator precedence '
|
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'in Python, from\n'
|
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'lowest precedence (least binding) to highest precedence '
|
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'(most\n'
|
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'binding). Operators in the same box have the same '
|
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'precedence. Unless\n'
|
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'the syntax is explicitly given, operators are binary. '
|
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'Operators in\n'
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'the same box group left to right (except for '
|
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'exponentiation, which\n'
|
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'groups from right to left).\n'
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'\n'
|
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'Note that comparisons, membership tests, and identity '
|
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'tests, all have\n'
|
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'the same precedence and have a left-to-right chaining '
|
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'feature as\n'
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'described in the Comparisons section.\n'
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'\n'
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'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
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'| Operator | '
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'Description |\n'
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'+=================================================+=======================================+\n'
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'| "lambda" | '
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'Lambda expression |\n'
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'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
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'| "if" – "else" | '
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'Conditional expression |\n'
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'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
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'| "or" | '
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'Boolean OR |\n'
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'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
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'| "and" | '
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'Boolean AND |\n'
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'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
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'| "not" "x" | '
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'Boolean NOT |\n'
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'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
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'| "in", "not in", "is", "is not", "<", "<=", ">", | '
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'Comparisons, including membership |\n'
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'| ">=", "!=", "==" | '
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'tests and identity tests |\n'
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'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
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'| "|" | '
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'Bitwise OR |\n'
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'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
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'| "^" | '
|
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'Bitwise XOR |\n'
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'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
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'| "&" | '
|
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'Bitwise AND |\n'
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'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
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'| "<<", ">>" | '
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'Shifts |\n'
|
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'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
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'| "+", "-" | '
|
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'Addition and subtraction |\n'
|
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'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
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'| "*", "@", "/", "//", "%" | '
|
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'Multiplication, matrix |\n'
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'| | '
|
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'multiplication, division, floor |\n'
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'| | '
|
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'division, remainder [5] |\n'
|
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'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
|
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'| "+x", "-x", "~x" | '
|
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'Positive, negative, bitwise NOT |\n'
|
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'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
|
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'| "**" | '
|
||
'Exponentiation [6] |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
|
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'| "await" "x" | '
|
||
'Await expression |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "x[index]", "x[index:index]", | '
|
||
'Subscription, slicing, call, |\n'
|
||
'| "x(arguments...)", "x.attribute" | '
|
||
'attribute reference |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "(expressions...)", "[expressions...]", "{key: | '
|
||
'Binding or tuple display, list |\n'
|
||
'| value...}", "{expressions...}" | '
|
||
'display, dictionary display, set |\n'
|
||
'| | '
|
||
'display |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'-[ Footnotes ]-\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'[1] While "abs(x%y) < abs(y)" is true mathematically, '
|
||
'for floats\n'
|
||
' it may not be true numerically due to roundoff. For '
|
||
'example, and\n'
|
||
' assuming a platform on which a Python float is an '
|
||
'IEEE 754 double-\n'
|
||
' precision number, in order that "-1e-100 % 1e100" '
|
||
'have the same\n'
|
||
' sign as "1e100", the computed result is "-1e-100 + '
|
||
'1e100", which\n'
|
||
' is numerically exactly equal to "1e100". The '
|
||
'function\n'
|
||
' "math.fmod()" returns a result whose sign matches '
|
||
'the sign of the\n'
|
||
' first argument instead, and so returns "-1e-100" in '
|
||
'this case.\n'
|
||
' Which approach is more appropriate depends on the '
|
||
'application.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'[2] If x is very close to an exact integer multiple of '
|
||
'y, it’s\n'
|
||
' possible for "x//y" to be one larger than '
|
||
'"(x-x%y)//y" due to\n'
|
||
' rounding. In such cases, Python returns the latter '
|
||
'result, in\n'
|
||
' order to preserve that "divmod(x,y)[0] * y + x % y" '
|
||
'be very close\n'
|
||
' to "x".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'[3] The Unicode standard distinguishes between *code '
|
||
'points* (e.g.\n'
|
||
' U+0041) and *abstract characters* (e.g. “LATIN '
|
||
'CAPITAL LETTER A”).\n'
|
||
' While most abstract characters in Unicode are only '
|
||
'represented\n'
|
||
' using one code point, there is a number of abstract '
|
||
'characters\n'
|
||
' that can in addition be represented using a sequence '
|
||
'of more than\n'
|
||
' one code point. For example, the abstract character '
|
||
'“LATIN\n'
|
||
' CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA” can be represented as '
|
||
'a single\n'
|
||
' *precomposed character* at code position U+00C7, or '
|
||
'as a sequence\n'
|
||
' of a *base character* at code position U+0043 (LATIN '
|
||
'CAPITAL\n'
|
||
' LETTER C), followed by a *combining character* at '
|
||
'code position\n'
|
||
' U+0327 (COMBINING CEDILLA).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The comparison operators on strings compare at the '
|
||
'level of\n'
|
||
' Unicode code points. This may be counter-intuitive '
|
||
'to humans. For\n'
|
||
' example, ""\\u00C7" == "\\u0043\\u0327"" is "False", '
|
||
'even though both\n'
|
||
' strings represent the same abstract character “LATIN '
|
||
'CAPITAL\n'
|
||
' LETTER C WITH CEDILLA”.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' To compare strings at the level of abstract '
|
||
'characters (that is,\n'
|
||
' in a way intuitive to humans), use '
|
||
'"unicodedata.normalize()".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'[4] Due to automatic garbage-collection, free lists, and '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' dynamic nature of descriptors, you may notice '
|
||
'seemingly unusual\n'
|
||
' behaviour in certain uses of the "is" operator, like '
|
||
'those\n'
|
||
' involving comparisons between instance methods, or '
|
||
'constants.\n'
|
||
' Check their documentation for more info.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'[5] The "%" operator is also used for string formatting; '
|
||
'the same\n'
|
||
' precedence applies.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'[6] The power operator "**" binds less tightly than an '
|
||
'arithmetic\n'
|
||
' or bitwise unary operator on its right, that is, '
|
||
'"2**-1" is "0.5".\n',
|
||
'pass': 'The "pass" statement\n'
|
||
'********************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' pass_stmt ::= "pass"\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'"pass" is a null operation — when it is executed, nothing happens. '
|
||
'It\n'
|
||
'is useful as a placeholder when a statement is required '
|
||
'syntactically,\n'
|
||
'but no code needs to be executed, for example:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' def f(arg): pass # a function that does nothing (yet)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' class C: pass # a class with no methods (yet)\n',
|
||
'power': 'The power operator\n'
|
||
'******************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The power operator binds more tightly than unary operators on its\n'
|
||
'left; it binds less tightly than unary operators on its right. '
|
||
'The\n'
|
||
'syntax is:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' power ::= (await_expr | primary) ["**" u_expr]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Thus, in an unparenthesized sequence of power and unary operators, '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'operators are evaluated from right to left (this does not '
|
||
'constrain\n'
|
||
'the evaluation order for the operands): "-1**2" results in "-1".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The power operator has the same semantics as the built-in "pow()"\n'
|
||
'function, when called with two arguments: it yields its left '
|
||
'argument\n'
|
||
'raised to the power of its right argument. The numeric arguments '
|
||
'are\n'
|
||
'first converted to a common type, and the result is of that type.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'For int operands, the result has the same type as the operands '
|
||
'unless\n'
|
||
'the second argument is negative; in that case, all arguments are\n'
|
||
'converted to float and a float result is delivered. For example,\n'
|
||
'"10**2" returns "100", but "10**-2" returns "0.01".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Raising "0.0" to a negative power results in a '
|
||
'"ZeroDivisionError".\n'
|
||
'Raising a negative number to a fractional power results in a '
|
||
'"complex"\n'
|
||
'number. (In earlier versions it raised a "ValueError".)\n',
|
||
'raise': 'The "raise" statement\n'
|
||
'*********************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' raise_stmt ::= "raise" [expression ["from" expression]]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'If no expressions are present, "raise" re-raises the last '
|
||
'exception\n'
|
||
'that was active in the current scope. If no exception is active '
|
||
'in\n'
|
||
'the current scope, a "RuntimeError" exception is raised indicating\n'
|
||
'that this is an error.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Otherwise, "raise" evaluates the first expression as the exception\n'
|
||
'object. It must be either a subclass or an instance of\n'
|
||
'"BaseException". If it is a class, the exception instance will be\n'
|
||
'obtained when needed by instantiating the class with no arguments.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The *type* of the exception is the exception instance’s class, the\n'
|
||
'*value* is the instance itself.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A traceback object is normally created automatically when an '
|
||
'exception\n'
|
||
'is raised and attached to it as the "__traceback__" attribute, '
|
||
'which\n'
|
||
'is writable. You can create an exception and set your own traceback '
|
||
'in\n'
|
||
'one step using the "with_traceback()" exception method (which '
|
||
'returns\n'
|
||
'the same exception instance, with its traceback set to its '
|
||
'argument),\n'
|
||
'like so:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' raise Exception("foo occurred").with_traceback(tracebackobj)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "from" clause is used for exception chaining: if given, the '
|
||
'second\n'
|
||
'*expression* must be another exception class or instance, which '
|
||
'will\n'
|
||
'then be attached to the raised exception as the "__cause__" '
|
||
'attribute\n'
|
||
'(which is writable). If the raised exception is not handled, both\n'
|
||
'exceptions will be printed:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> try:\n'
|
||
' ... print(1 / 0)\n'
|
||
' ... except Exception as exc:\n'
|
||
' ... raise RuntimeError("Something bad happened") from exc\n'
|
||
' ...\n'
|
||
' Traceback (most recent call last):\n'
|
||
' File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>\n'
|
||
' ZeroDivisionError: division by zero\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The above exception was the direct cause of the following '
|
||
'exception:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Traceback (most recent call last):\n'
|
||
' File "<stdin>", line 4, in <module>\n'
|
||
' RuntimeError: Something bad happened\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A similar mechanism works implicitly if an exception is raised '
|
||
'inside\n'
|
||
'an exception handler or a "finally" clause: the previous exception '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
'then attached as the new exception’s "__context__" attribute:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> try:\n'
|
||
' ... print(1 / 0)\n'
|
||
' ... except:\n'
|
||
' ... raise RuntimeError("Something bad happened")\n'
|
||
' ...\n'
|
||
' Traceback (most recent call last):\n'
|
||
' File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>\n'
|
||
' ZeroDivisionError: division by zero\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' During handling of the above exception, another exception '
|
||
'occurred:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Traceback (most recent call last):\n'
|
||
' File "<stdin>", line 4, in <module>\n'
|
||
' RuntimeError: Something bad happened\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Exception chaining can be explicitly suppressed by specifying '
|
||
'"None"\n'
|
||
'in the "from" clause:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> try:\n'
|
||
' ... print(1 / 0)\n'
|
||
' ... except:\n'
|
||
' ... raise RuntimeError("Something bad happened") from None\n'
|
||
' ...\n'
|
||
' Traceback (most recent call last):\n'
|
||
' File "<stdin>", line 4, in <module>\n'
|
||
' RuntimeError: Something bad happened\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Additional information on exceptions can be found in section\n'
|
||
'Exceptions, and information about handling exceptions is in '
|
||
'section\n'
|
||
'The try statement.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Changed in version 3.3: "None" is now permitted as "Y" in "raise X\n'
|
||
'from Y".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'New in version 3.3: The "__suppress_context__" attribute to '
|
||
'suppress\n'
|
||
'automatic display of the exception context.\n',
|
||
'return': 'The "return" statement\n'
|
||
'**********************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' return_stmt ::= "return" [expression_list]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'"return" may only occur syntactically nested in a function '
|
||
'definition,\n'
|
||
'not within a nested class definition.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'If an expression list is present, it is evaluated, else "None" is\n'
|
||
'substituted.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'"return" leaves the current function call with the expression list '
|
||
'(or\n'
|
||
'"None") as return value.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'When "return" passes control out of a "try" statement with a '
|
||
'"finally"\n'
|
||
'clause, that "finally" clause is executed before really leaving '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'function.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'In a generator function, the "return" statement indicates that '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'generator is done and will cause "StopIteration" to be raised. '
|
||
'The\n'
|
||
'returned value (if any) is used as an argument to construct\n'
|
||
'"StopIteration" and becomes the "StopIteration.value" attribute.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'In an asynchronous generator function, an empty "return" '
|
||
'statement\n'
|
||
'indicates that the asynchronous generator is done and will cause\n'
|
||
'"StopAsyncIteration" to be raised. A non-empty "return" statement '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
'a syntax error in an asynchronous generator function.\n',
|
||
'sequence-types': 'Emulating container types\n'
|
||
'*************************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The following methods can be defined to implement '
|
||
'container objects.\n'
|
||
'Containers usually are sequences (such as lists or tuples) '
|
||
'or mappings\n'
|
||
'(like dictionaries), but can represent other containers as '
|
||
'well. The\n'
|
||
'first set of methods is used either to emulate a sequence '
|
||
'or to\n'
|
||
'emulate a mapping; the difference is that for a sequence, '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'allowable keys should be the integers *k* for which "0 <= '
|
||
'k < N" where\n'
|
||
'*N* is the length of the sequence, or slice objects, which '
|
||
'define a\n'
|
||
'range of items. It is also recommended that mappings '
|
||
'provide the\n'
|
||
'methods "keys()", "values()", "items()", "get()", '
|
||
'"clear()",\n'
|
||
'"setdefault()", "pop()", "popitem()", "copy()", and '
|
||
'"update()"\n'
|
||
'behaving similar to those for Python’s standard dictionary '
|
||
'objects.\n'
|
||
'The "collections.abc" module provides a "MutableMapping" '
|
||
'abstract base\n'
|
||
'class to help create those methods from a base set of '
|
||
'"__getitem__()",\n'
|
||
'"__setitem__()", "__delitem__()", and "keys()". Mutable '
|
||
'sequences\n'
|
||
'should provide methods "append()", "count()", "index()", '
|
||
'"extend()",\n'
|
||
'"insert()", "pop()", "remove()", "reverse()" and "sort()", '
|
||
'like Python\n'
|
||
'standard list objects. Finally, sequence types should '
|
||
'implement\n'
|
||
'addition (meaning concatenation) and multiplication '
|
||
'(meaning\n'
|
||
'repetition) by defining the methods "__add__()", '
|
||
'"__radd__()",\n'
|
||
'"__iadd__()", "__mul__()", "__rmul__()" and "__imul__()" '
|
||
'described\n'
|
||
'below; they should not define other numerical operators. '
|
||
'It is\n'
|
||
'recommended that both mappings and sequences implement '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'"__contains__()" method to allow efficient use of the "in" '
|
||
'operator;\n'
|
||
'for mappings, "in" should search the mapping’s keys; for '
|
||
'sequences, it\n'
|
||
'should search through the values. It is further '
|
||
'recommended that both\n'
|
||
'mappings and sequences implement the "__iter__()" method '
|
||
'to allow\n'
|
||
'efficient iteration through the container; for mappings, '
|
||
'"__iter__()"\n'
|
||
'should be the same as "keys()"; for sequences, it should '
|
||
'iterate\n'
|
||
'through the values.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__len__(self)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called to implement the built-in function "len()". '
|
||
'Should return\n'
|
||
' the length of the object, an integer ">=" 0. Also, an '
|
||
'object that\n'
|
||
' doesn’t define a "__bool__()" method and whose '
|
||
'"__len__()" method\n'
|
||
' returns zero is considered to be false in a Boolean '
|
||
'context.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **CPython implementation detail:** In CPython, the '
|
||
'length is\n'
|
||
' required to be at most "sys.maxsize". If the length is '
|
||
'larger than\n'
|
||
' "sys.maxsize" some features (such as "len()") may '
|
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'raise\n'
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' Called to implement "operator.length_hint()". Should '
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' correctness.\n'
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' New in version 3.4.\n'
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'Note: Slicing is done exclusively with the following three '
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' Called to implement evaluation of "self[key]". For '
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' to emulate a sequence type) is up to the '
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' *key* is of an inappropriate type, "TypeError" may be '
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' special interpretation of negative values), '
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' Note: "for" loops expect that an "IndexError" will be '
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'object.__setitem__(self, key, value)\n'
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' Called to implement assignment to "self[key]". Same '
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' "__getitem__()". This should only be implemented for '
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' the objects support changes to the values for keys, or '
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'if new keys\n'
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'object.__delitem__(self, key)\n'
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' Called to implement deletion of "self[key]". Same note '
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'as for\n'
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' "__getitem__()". This should only be implemented for '
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'mappings if\n'
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' the objects support removal of keys, or for sequences '
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'if elements\n'
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' can be removed from the sequence. The same exceptions '
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' raised for improper *key* values as for the '
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'\n'
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'object.__missing__(self, key)\n'
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' Called by "dict"."__getitem__()" to implement '
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'\n'
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'object.__iter__(self)\n'
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'\n'
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' This method is called when an iterator is required for '
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'a container.\n'
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' This method should return a new iterator object that '
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' over all the objects in the container. For mappings, '
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' iterate over the keys of the container.\n'
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'\n'
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' Iterator objects also need to implement this method; '
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'they are\n'
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' required to return themselves. For more information on '
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' objects, see Iterator Types.\n'
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'\n'
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'object.__reversed__(self)\n'
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'\n'
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' Called (if present) by the "reversed()" built-in to '
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|
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' reverse iteration. It should return a new iterator '
|
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'object that\n'
|
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' iterates over all the objects in the container in '
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'\n'
|
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' If the "__reversed__()" method is not provided, the '
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' built-in will fall back to using the sequence protocol '
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'("__len__()"\n'
|
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' and "__getitem__()"). Objects that support the '
|
||
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|
||
' should only provide "__reversed__()" if they can '
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'provide an\n'
|
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' implementation that is more efficient than the one '
|
||
'provided by\n'
|
||
' "reversed()".\n'
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'\n'
|
||
'The membership test operators ("in" and "not in") are '
|
||
'normally\n'
|
||
'implemented as an iteration through a sequence. However, '
|
||
'container\n'
|
||
'objects can supply the following special method with a '
|
||
'more efficient\n'
|
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'implementation, which also does not require the object be '
|
||
'a sequence.\n'
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'\n'
|
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'object.__contains__(self, item)\n'
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'\n'
|
||
' Called to implement membership test operators. Should '
|
||
'return true\n'
|
||
' if *item* is in *self*, false otherwise. For mapping '
|
||
'objects, this\n'
|
||
' should consider the keys of the mapping rather than the '
|
||
'values or\n'
|
||
' the key-item pairs.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' For objects that don’t define "__contains__()", the '
|
||
'membership test\n'
|
||
' first tries iteration via "__iter__()", then the old '
|
||
'sequence\n'
|
||
' iteration protocol via "__getitem__()", see this '
|
||
'section in the\n'
|
||
' language reference.\n',
|
||
'shifting': 'Shifting operations\n'
|
||
'*******************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The shifting operations have lower priority than the arithmetic\n'
|
||
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|
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'\n'
|
||
' shift_expr ::= a_expr | shift_expr ("<<" | ">>") a_expr\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'These operators accept integers as arguments. They shift the '
|
||
'first\n'
|
||
'argument to the left or right by the number of bits given by '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A right shift by *n* bits is defined as floor division by '
|
||
'"pow(2,n)".\n'
|
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'A left shift by *n* bits is defined as multiplication with '
|
||
'"pow(2,n)".\n',
|
||
'slicings': 'Slicings\n'
|
||
'********\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A slicing selects a range of items in a sequence object (e.g., '
|
||
'a\n'
|
||
'string, tuple or list). Slicings may be used as expressions or '
|
||
'as\n'
|
||
'targets in assignment or "del" statements. The syntax for a '
|
||
'slicing:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' slicing ::= primary "[" slice_list "]"\n'
|
||
' slice_list ::= slice_item ("," slice_item)* [","]\n'
|
||
' slice_item ::= expression | proper_slice\n'
|
||
' proper_slice ::= [lower_bound] ":" [upper_bound] [ ":" '
|
||
'[stride] ]\n'
|
||
' lower_bound ::= expression\n'
|
||
' upper_bound ::= expression\n'
|
||
' stride ::= expression\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'There is ambiguity in the formal syntax here: anything that '
|
||
'looks like\n'
|
||
'an expression list also looks like a slice list, so any '
|
||
'subscription\n'
|
||
'can be interpreted as a slicing. Rather than further '
|
||
'complicating the\n'
|
||
'syntax, this is disambiguated by defining that in this case the\n'
|
||
'interpretation as a subscription takes priority over the\n'
|
||
'interpretation as a slicing (this is the case if the slice list\n'
|
||
'contains no proper slice).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The semantics for a slicing are as follows. The primary is '
|
||
'indexed\n'
|
||
'(using the same "__getitem__()" method as normal subscription) '
|
||
'with a\n'
|
||
'key that is constructed from the slice list, as follows. If the '
|
||
'slice\n'
|
||
'list contains at least one comma, the key is a tuple containing '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'conversion of the slice items; otherwise, the conversion of the '
|
||
'lone\n'
|
||
'slice item is the key. The conversion of a slice item that is '
|
||
'an\n'
|
||
'expression is that expression. The conversion of a proper slice '
|
||
'is a\n'
|
||
'slice object (see section The standard type hierarchy) whose '
|
||
'"start",\n'
|
||
'"stop" and "step" attributes are the values of the expressions '
|
||
'given\n'
|
||
'as lower bound, upper bound and stride, respectively, '
|
||
'substituting\n'
|
||
'"None" for missing expressions.\n',
|
||
'specialattrs': 'Special Attributes\n'
|
||
'******************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The implementation adds a few special read-only attributes '
|
||
'to several\n'
|
||
'object types, where they are relevant. Some of these are '
|
||
'not reported\n'
|
||
'by the "dir()" built-in function.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__dict__\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' A dictionary or other mapping object used to store an '
|
||
'object’s\n'
|
||
' (writable) attributes.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'instance.__class__\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The class to which a class instance belongs.\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
'class.__bases__\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
' The tuple of base classes of a class object.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
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'definition.__name__\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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' The name of the class, function, method, descriptor, or '
|
||
'generator\n'
|
||
' instance.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'definition.__qualname__\n'
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'\n'
|
||
' The *qualified name* of the class, function, method, '
|
||
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|
||
' generator instance.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' New in version 3.3.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'class.__mro__\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' This attribute is a tuple of classes that are considered '
|
||
'when\n'
|
||
' looking for base classes during method resolution.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'class.mro()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' This method can be overridden by a metaclass to customize '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' method resolution order for its instances. It is called '
|
||
'at class\n'
|
||
' instantiation, and its result is stored in "__mro__".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'class.__subclasses__()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Each class keeps a list of weak references to its '
|
||
'immediate\n'
|
||
' subclasses. This method returns a list of all those '
|
||
'references\n'
|
||
' still alive. Example:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> int.__subclasses__()\n'
|
||
" [<class 'bool'>]\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'-[ Footnotes ]-\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'[1] Additional information on these special methods may be '
|
||
'found\n'
|
||
' in the Python Reference Manual (Basic customization).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'[2] As a consequence, the list "[1, 2]" is considered equal '
|
||
'to\n'
|
||
' "[1.0, 2.0]", and similarly for tuples.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'[3] They must have since the parser can’t tell the type of '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' operands.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'[4] Cased characters are those with general category '
|
||
'property\n'
|
||
' being one of “Lu” (Letter, uppercase), “Ll” (Letter, '
|
||
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|
||
' or “Lt” (Letter, titlecase).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'[5] To format only a tuple you should therefore provide a\n'
|
||
' singleton tuple whose only element is the tuple to be '
|
||
'formatted.\n',
|
||
'specialnames': 'Special method names\n'
|
||
'********************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A class can implement certain operations that are invoked by '
|
||
'special\n'
|
||
'syntax (such as arithmetic operations or subscripting and '
|
||
'slicing) by\n'
|
||
'defining methods with special names. This is Python’s '
|
||
'approach to\n'
|
||
'*operator overloading*, allowing classes to define their own '
|
||
'behavior\n'
|
||
'with respect to language operators. For instance, if a '
|
||
'class defines\n'
|
||
'a method named "__getitem__()", and "x" is an instance of '
|
||
'this class,\n'
|
||
'then "x[i]" is roughly equivalent to "type(x).__getitem__(x, '
|
||
'i)".\n'
|
||
'Except where mentioned, attempts to execute an operation '
|
||
'raise an\n'
|
||
'exception when no appropriate method is defined (typically\n'
|
||
'"AttributeError" or "TypeError").\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Setting a special method to "None" indicates that the '
|
||
'corresponding\n'
|
||
'operation is not available. For example, if a class sets '
|
||
'"__iter__()"\n'
|
||
'to "None", the class is not iterable, so calling "iter()" on '
|
||
'its\n'
|
||
'instances will raise a "TypeError" (without falling back to\n'
|
||
'"__getitem__()"). [2]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'When implementing a class that emulates any built-in type, '
|
||
'it is\n'
|
||
'important that the emulation only be implemented to the '
|
||
'degree that it\n'
|
||
'makes sense for the object being modelled. For example, '
|
||
'some\n'
|
||
'sequences may work well with retrieval of individual '
|
||
'elements, but\n'
|
||
'extracting a slice may not make sense. (One example of this '
|
||
'is the\n'
|
||
'"NodeList" interface in the W3C’s Document Object Model.)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Basic customization\n'
|
||
'===================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__new__(cls[, ...])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called to create a new instance of class *cls*. '
|
||
'"__new__()" is a\n'
|
||
' static method (special-cased so you need not declare it '
|
||
'as such)\n'
|
||
' that takes the class of which an instance was requested '
|
||
'as its\n'
|
||
' first argument. The remaining arguments are those passed '
|
||
'to the\n'
|
||
' object constructor expression (the call to the class). '
|
||
'The return\n'
|
||
' value of "__new__()" should be the new object instance '
|
||
'(usually an\n'
|
||
' instance of *cls*).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Typical implementations create a new instance of the '
|
||
'class by\n'
|
||
' invoking the superclass’s "__new__()" method using\n'
|
||
' "super().__new__(cls[, ...])" with appropriate arguments '
|
||
'and then\n'
|
||
' modifying the newly-created instance as necessary before '
|
||
'returning\n'
|
||
' it.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If "__new__()" returns an instance of *cls*, then the '
|
||
'new\n'
|
||
' instance’s "__init__()" method will be invoked like\n'
|
||
' "__init__(self[, ...])", where *self* is the new instance '
|
||
'and the\n'
|
||
' remaining arguments are the same as were passed to '
|
||
'"__new__()".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If "__new__()" does not return an instance of *cls*, then '
|
||
'the new\n'
|
||
' instance’s "__init__()" method will not be invoked.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' "__new__()" is intended mainly to allow subclasses of '
|
||
'immutable\n'
|
||
' types (like int, str, or tuple) to customize instance '
|
||
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|
||
' is also commonly overridden in custom metaclasses in '
|
||
'order to\n'
|
||
' customize class creation.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__init__(self[, ...])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called after the instance has been created (by '
|
||
'"__new__()"), but\n'
|
||
' before it is returned to the caller. The arguments are '
|
||
'those\n'
|
||
' passed to the class constructor expression. If a base '
|
||
'class has an\n'
|
||
' "__init__()" method, the derived class’s "__init__()" '
|
||
'method, if\n'
|
||
' any, must explicitly call it to ensure proper '
|
||
'initialization of the\n'
|
||
' base class part of the instance; for example:\n'
|
||
' "super().__init__([args...])".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Because "__new__()" and "__init__()" work together in '
|
||
'constructing\n'
|
||
' objects ("__new__()" to create it, and "__init__()" to '
|
||
'customize\n'
|
||
' it), no non-"None" value may be returned by "__init__()"; '
|
||
'doing so\n'
|
||
' will cause a "TypeError" to be raised at runtime.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__del__(self)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called when the instance is about to be destroyed. This '
|
||
'is also\n'
|
||
' called a finalizer or (improperly) a destructor. If a '
|
||
'base class\n'
|
||
' has a "__del__()" method, the derived class’s "__del__()" '
|
||
'method,\n'
|
||
' if any, must explicitly call it to ensure proper deletion '
|
||
'of the\n'
|
||
' base class part of the instance.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' It is possible (though not recommended!) for the '
|
||
'"__del__()" method\n'
|
||
' to postpone destruction of the instance by creating a new '
|
||
'reference\n'
|
||
' to it. This is called object *resurrection*. It is\n'
|
||
' implementation-dependent whether "__del__()" is called a '
|
||
'second\n'
|
||
' time when a resurrected object is about to be destroyed; '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' current *CPython* implementation only calls it once.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' It is not guaranteed that "__del__()" methods are called '
|
||
'for\n'
|
||
' objects that still exist when the interpreter exits.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Note: "del x" doesn’t directly call "x.__del__()" — the '
|
||
'former\n'
|
||
' decrements the reference count for "x" by one, and the '
|
||
'latter is\n'
|
||
' only called when "x"’s reference count reaches zero.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **CPython implementation detail:** It is possible for a '
|
||
'reference\n'
|
||
' cycle to prevent the reference count of an object from '
|
||
'going to\n'
|
||
' zero. In this case, the cycle will be later detected and '
|
||
'deleted\n'
|
||
' by the *cyclic garbage collector*. A common cause of '
|
||
'reference\n'
|
||
' cycles is when an exception has been caught in a local '
|
||
'variable.\n'
|
||
' The frame’s locals then reference the exception, which '
|
||
'references\n'
|
||
' its own traceback, which references the locals of all '
|
||
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|
||
' in the traceback.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' See also: Documentation for the "gc" module.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Warning: Due to the precarious circumstances under which\n'
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' "functools.total_ordering()".\n'
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|
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' See the paragraph on "__hash__()" for some important '
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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' "__hash__()" should return an integer. The only required '
|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
' advised to mix together the hash values of the components '
|
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|
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' object that also play a part in comparison of objects by '
|
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|
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' def __hash__(self):\n'
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|
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|
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' Note: "hash()" truncates the value returned from an '
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
' If a class does not define an "__eq__()" method it should '
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|
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|
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|
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' but not "__hash__()", its instances will not be usable as '
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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' User-defined classes have "__eq__()" and "__hash__()" '
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|
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|
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|
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|
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' If a class that overrides "__eq__()" needs to retain the\n'
|
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|
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|
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|
||
' If a class that does not override "__eq__()" wishes to '
|
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|
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'that\n'
|
||
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|
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|
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' Note: By default, the "__hash__()" values of str, bytes '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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||
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|
||
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|
||
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||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Customizing attribute access\n'
|
||
'============================\n'
|
||
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|
||
'The following methods can be defined to customize the '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' Note that if the attribute is found through the normal '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' should return the (computed) attribute value or raise an\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' example, "object.__getattribute__(self, name)".\n'
|
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|
||
' Note: This method may still be bypassed when looking up '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
' Called when an attribute assignment is attempted. This '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' If "__setattr__()" wants to assign to an instance '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'object.__delattr__(self, name)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Like "__setattr__()" but for attribute deletion instead '
|
||
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|
||
' assignment. This should only be implemented if "del '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' Called when "dir()" is called on the object. A sequence '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Customizing module attribute access\n'
|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Special names "__getattr__" and "__dir__" can be also used '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'the module level should accept one argument which is the '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'If present,\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'For a more fine grained customization of the module behavior '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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||
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|
||
' def __setattr__(self, attr, value):\n'
|
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|
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|
||
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|
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'Note: Defining module "__getattr__" and setting module '
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'"__class__"\n'
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' only affect lookups made using the attribute access syntax '
|
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'–\n'
|
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' directly accessing the module globals (whether by code '
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'within the\n'
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' module, or via a reference to the module’s globals '
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'dictionary) is\n'
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' unaffected.\n'
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'\n'
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'Changed in version 3.5: "__class__" module attribute is now '
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'writable.\n'
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'\n'
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'New in version 3.7: "__getattr__" and "__dir__" module '
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'attributes.\n'
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'\n'
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'See also:\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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' **PEP 562** - Module __getattr__ and __dir__\n'
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' Describes the "__getattr__" and "__dir__" functions on '
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'modules.\n'
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'\n'
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'\n'
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'Implementing Descriptors\n'
|
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'------------------------\n'
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'\n'
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'The following methods only apply when an instance of the '
|
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'class\n'
|
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'containing the method (a so-called *descriptor* class) '
|
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'appears in an\n'
|
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'*owner* class (the descriptor must be in either the owner’s '
|
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'class\n'
|
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'dictionary or in the class dictionary for one of its '
|
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'parents). In the\n'
|
||
'examples below, “the attribute” refers to the attribute '
|
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'whose name is\n'
|
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'the key of the property in the owner class’ "__dict__".\n'
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'\n'
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'object.__get__(self, instance, owner)\n'
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'\n'
|
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' Called to get the attribute of the owner class (class '
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'attribute\n'
|
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' access) or of an instance of that class (instance '
|
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'attribute\n'
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' access). *owner* is always the owner class, while '
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'*instance* is the\n'
|
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' instance that the attribute was accessed through, or '
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'"None" when\n'
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' the attribute is accessed through the *owner*. This '
|
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'method should\n'
|
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' return the (computed) attribute value or raise an '
|
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'"AttributeError"\n'
|
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' exception.\n'
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'\n'
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'object.__set__(self, instance, value)\n'
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'\n'
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' Called to set the attribute on an instance *instance* of '
|
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'the owner\n'
|
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' class to a new value, *value*.\n'
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'\n'
|
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'object.__delete__(self, instance)\n'
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'\n'
|
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' Called to delete the attribute on an instance *instance* '
|
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'of the\n'
|
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' owner class.\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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'object.__set_name__(self, owner, name)\n'
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'\n'
|
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' Called at the time the owning class *owner* is created. '
|
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'The\n'
|
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' descriptor has been assigned to *name*.\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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' New in version 3.6.\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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'The attribute "__objclass__" is interpreted by the "inspect" '
|
||
'module as\n'
|
||
'specifying the class where this object was defined (setting '
|
||
'this\n'
|
||
'appropriately can assist in runtime introspection of dynamic '
|
||
'class\n'
|
||
'attributes). For callables, it may indicate that an instance '
|
||
'of the\n'
|
||
'given type (or a subclass) is expected or required as the '
|
||
'first\n'
|
||
'positional argument (for example, CPython sets this '
|
||
'attribute for\n'
|
||
'unbound methods that are implemented in C).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Invoking Descriptors\n'
|
||
'--------------------\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'In general, a descriptor is an object attribute with '
|
||
'“binding\n'
|
||
'behavior”, one whose attribute access has been overridden by '
|
||
'methods\n'
|
||
'in the descriptor protocol: "__get__()", "__set__()", and\n'
|
||
'"__delete__()". If any of those methods are defined for an '
|
||
'object, it\n'
|
||
'is said to be a descriptor.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The default behavior for attribute access is to get, set, or '
|
||
'delete\n'
|
||
'the attribute from an object’s dictionary. For instance, '
|
||
'"a.x" has a\n'
|
||
'lookup chain starting with "a.__dict__[\'x\']", then\n'
|
||
'"type(a).__dict__[\'x\']", and continuing through the base '
|
||
'classes of\n'
|
||
'"type(a)" excluding metaclasses.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'However, if the looked-up value is an object defining one of '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'descriptor methods, then Python may override the default '
|
||
'behavior and\n'
|
||
'invoke the descriptor method instead. Where this occurs in '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'precedence chain depends on which descriptor methods were '
|
||
'defined and\n'
|
||
'how they were called.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The starting point for descriptor invocation is a binding, '
|
||
'"a.x". How\n'
|
||
'the arguments are assembled depends on "a":\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Direct Call\n'
|
||
' The simplest and least common call is when user code '
|
||
'directly\n'
|
||
' invokes a descriptor method: "x.__get__(a)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Instance Binding\n'
|
||
' If binding to an object instance, "a.x" is transformed '
|
||
'into the\n'
|
||
' call: "type(a).__dict__[\'x\'].__get__(a, type(a))".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Class Binding\n'
|
||
' If binding to a class, "A.x" is transformed into the '
|
||
'call:\n'
|
||
' "A.__dict__[\'x\'].__get__(None, A)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Super Binding\n'
|
||
' If "a" is an instance of "super", then the binding '
|
||
'"super(B,\n'
|
||
' obj).m()" searches "obj.__class__.__mro__" for the base '
|
||
'class "A"\n'
|
||
' immediately preceding "B" and then invokes the descriptor '
|
||
'with the\n'
|
||
' call: "A.__dict__[\'m\'].__get__(obj, obj.__class__)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'For instance bindings, the precedence of descriptor '
|
||
'invocation depends\n'
|
||
'on the which descriptor methods are defined. A descriptor '
|
||
'can define\n'
|
||
'any combination of "__get__()", "__set__()" and '
|
||
'"__delete__()". If it\n'
|
||
'does not define "__get__()", then accessing the attribute '
|
||
'will return\n'
|
||
'the descriptor object itself unless there is a value in the '
|
||
'object’s\n'
|
||
'instance dictionary. If the descriptor defines "__set__()" '
|
||
'and/or\n'
|
||
'"__delete__()", it is a data descriptor; if it defines '
|
||
'neither, it is\n'
|
||
'a non-data descriptor. Normally, data descriptors define '
|
||
'both\n'
|
||
'"__get__()" and "__set__()", while non-data descriptors have '
|
||
'just the\n'
|
||
'"__get__()" method. Data descriptors with "__set__()" and '
|
||
'"__get__()"\n'
|
||
'defined always override a redefinition in an instance '
|
||
'dictionary. In\n'
|
||
'contrast, non-data descriptors can be overridden by '
|
||
'instances.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Python methods (including "staticmethod()" and '
|
||
'"classmethod()") are\n'
|
||
'implemented as non-data descriptors. Accordingly, instances '
|
||
'can\n'
|
||
'redefine and override methods. This allows individual '
|
||
'instances to\n'
|
||
'acquire behaviors that differ from other instances of the '
|
||
'same class.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "property()" function is implemented as a data '
|
||
'descriptor.\n'
|
||
'Accordingly, instances cannot override the behavior of a '
|
||
'property.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'__slots__\n'
|
||
'---------\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'*__slots__* allow us to explicitly declare data members '
|
||
'(like\n'
|
||
'properties) and deny the creation of *__dict__* and '
|
||
'*__weakref__*\n'
|
||
'(unless explicitly declared in *__slots__* or available in a '
|
||
'parent.)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The space saved over using *__dict__* can be significant.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__slots__\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' This class variable can be assigned a string, iterable, '
|
||
'or sequence\n'
|
||
' of strings with variable names used by instances. '
|
||
'*__slots__*\n'
|
||
' reserves space for the declared variables and prevents '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' automatic creation of *__dict__* and *__weakref__* for '
|
||
'each\n'
|
||
' instance.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Notes on using *__slots__*\n'
|
||
'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* When inheriting from a class without *__slots__*, the '
|
||
'*__dict__*\n'
|
||
' and *__weakref__* attribute of the instances will always '
|
||
'be\n'
|
||
' accessible.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* Without a *__dict__* variable, instances cannot be '
|
||
'assigned new\n'
|
||
' variables not listed in the *__slots__* definition. '
|
||
'Attempts to\n'
|
||
' assign to an unlisted variable name raises '
|
||
'"AttributeError". If\n'
|
||
' dynamic assignment of new variables is desired, then add\n'
|
||
' "\'__dict__\'" to the sequence of strings in the '
|
||
'*__slots__*\n'
|
||
' declaration.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* Without a *__weakref__* variable for each instance, '
|
||
'classes\n'
|
||
' defining *__slots__* do not support weak references to '
|
||
'its\n'
|
||
' instances. If weak reference support is needed, then add\n'
|
||
' "\'__weakref__\'" to the sequence of strings in the '
|
||
'*__slots__*\n'
|
||
' declaration.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* *__slots__* are implemented at the class level by '
|
||
'creating\n'
|
||
' descriptors (Implementing Descriptors) for each variable '
|
||
'name. As a\n'
|
||
' result, class attributes cannot be used to set default '
|
||
'values for\n'
|
||
' instance variables defined by *__slots__*; otherwise, the '
|
||
'class\n'
|
||
' attribute would overwrite the descriptor assignment.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* The action of a *__slots__* declaration is not limited to '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' class where it is defined. *__slots__* declared in '
|
||
'parents are\n'
|
||
' available in child classes. However, child subclasses will '
|
||
'get a\n'
|
||
' *__dict__* and *__weakref__* unless they also define '
|
||
'*__slots__*\n'
|
||
' (which should only contain names of any *additional* '
|
||
'slots).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* If a class defines a slot also defined in a base class, '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' instance variable defined by the base class slot is '
|
||
'inaccessible\n'
|
||
' (except by retrieving its descriptor directly from the '
|
||
'base class).\n'
|
||
' This renders the meaning of the program undefined. In the '
|
||
'future, a\n'
|
||
' check may be added to prevent this.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* Nonempty *__slots__* does not work for classes derived '
|
||
'from\n'
|
||
' “variable-length” built-in types such as "int", "bytes" '
|
||
'and "tuple".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* Any non-string iterable may be assigned to *__slots__*. '
|
||
'Mappings\n'
|
||
' may also be used; however, in the future, special meaning '
|
||
'may be\n'
|
||
' assigned to the values corresponding to each key.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* *__class__* assignment works only if both classes have the '
|
||
'same\n'
|
||
' *__slots__*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* Multiple inheritance with multiple slotted parent classes '
|
||
'can be\n'
|
||
' used, but only one parent is allowed to have attributes '
|
||
'created by\n'
|
||
' slots (the other bases must have empty slot layouts) - '
|
||
'violations\n'
|
||
' raise "TypeError".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Customizing class creation\n'
|
||
'==========================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Whenever a class inherits from another class, '
|
||
'*__init_subclass__* is\n'
|
||
'called on that class. This way, it is possible to write '
|
||
'classes which\n'
|
||
'change the behavior of subclasses. This is closely related '
|
||
'to class\n'
|
||
'decorators, but where class decorators only affect the '
|
||
'specific class\n'
|
||
'they’re applied to, "__init_subclass__" solely applies to '
|
||
'future\n'
|
||
'subclasses of the class defining the method.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'classmethod object.__init_subclass__(cls)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' This method is called whenever the containing class is '
|
||
'subclassed.\n'
|
||
' *cls* is then the new subclass. If defined as a normal '
|
||
'instance\n'
|
||
' method, this method is implicitly converted to a class '
|
||
'method.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Keyword arguments which are given to a new class are '
|
||
'passed to the\n'
|
||
' parent’s class "__init_subclass__". For compatibility '
|
||
'with other\n'
|
||
' classes using "__init_subclass__", one should take out '
|
||
'the needed\n'
|
||
' keyword arguments and pass the others over to the base '
|
||
'class, as\n'
|
||
' in:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' class Philosopher:\n'
|
||
' def __init_subclass__(cls, default_name, '
|
||
'**kwargs):\n'
|
||
' super().__init_subclass__(**kwargs)\n'
|
||
' cls.default_name = default_name\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' class AustralianPhilosopher(Philosopher, '
|
||
'default_name="Bruce"):\n'
|
||
' pass\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The default implementation "object.__init_subclass__" '
|
||
'does nothing,\n'
|
||
' but raises an error if it is called with any arguments.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Note: The metaclass hint "metaclass" is consumed by the '
|
||
'rest of\n'
|
||
' the type machinery, and is never passed to '
|
||
'"__init_subclass__"\n'
|
||
' implementations. The actual metaclass (rather than the '
|
||
'explicit\n'
|
||
' hint) can be accessed as "type(cls)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' New in version 3.6.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Metaclasses\n'
|
||
'-----------\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'By default, classes are constructed using "type()". The '
|
||
'class body is\n'
|
||
'executed in a new namespace and the class name is bound '
|
||
'locally to the\n'
|
||
'result of "type(name, bases, namespace)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The class creation process can be customized by passing the\n'
|
||
'"metaclass" keyword argument in the class definition line, '
|
||
'or by\n'
|
||
'inheriting from an existing class that included such an '
|
||
'argument. In\n'
|
||
'the following example, both "MyClass" and "MySubclass" are '
|
||
'instances\n'
|
||
'of "Meta":\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' class Meta(type):\n'
|
||
' pass\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' class MyClass(metaclass=Meta):\n'
|
||
' pass\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' class MySubclass(MyClass):\n'
|
||
' pass\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Any other keyword arguments that are specified in the class '
|
||
'definition\n'
|
||
'are passed through to all metaclass operations described '
|
||
'below.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'When a class definition is executed, the following steps '
|
||
'occur:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* MRO entries are resolved\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* the appropriate metaclass is determined\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* the class namespace is prepared\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* the class body is executed\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* the class object is created\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Resolving MRO entries\n'
|
||
'---------------------\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'If a base that appears in class definition is not an '
|
||
'instance of\n'
|
||
'"type", then an "__mro_entries__" method is searched on it. '
|
||
'If found,\n'
|
||
'it is called with the original bases tuple. This method must '
|
||
'return a\n'
|
||
'tuple of classes that will be used instead of this base. The '
|
||
'tuple may\n'
|
||
'be empty, in such case the original base is ignored.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See also: **PEP 560** - Core support for typing module and '
|
||
'generic\n'
|
||
' types\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Determining the appropriate metaclass\n'
|
||
'-------------------------------------\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The appropriate metaclass for a class definition is '
|
||
'determined as\n'
|
||
'follows:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* if no bases and no explicit metaclass are given, then '
|
||
'"type()" is\n'
|
||
' used\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* if an explicit metaclass is given and it is *not* an '
|
||
'instance of\n'
|
||
' "type()", then it is used directly as the metaclass\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'* if an instance of "type()" is given as the explicit '
|
||
'metaclass, or\n'
|
||
' bases are defined, then the most derived metaclass is '
|
||
'used\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The most derived metaclass is selected from the explicitly '
|
||
'specified\n'
|
||
'metaclass (if any) and the metaclasses (i.e. "type(cls)") of '
|
||
'all\n'
|
||
'specified base classes. The most derived metaclass is one '
|
||
'which is a\n'
|
||
'subtype of *all* of these candidate metaclasses. If none of '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'candidate metaclasses meets that criterion, then the class '
|
||
'definition\n'
|
||
'will fail with "TypeError".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Preparing the class namespace\n'
|
||
'-----------------------------\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Once the appropriate metaclass has been identified, then the '
|
||
'class\n'
|
||
'namespace is prepared. If the metaclass has a "__prepare__" '
|
||
'attribute,\n'
|
||
'it is called as "namespace = metaclass.__prepare__(name, '
|
||
'bases,\n'
|
||
'**kwds)" (where the additional keyword arguments, if any, '
|
||
'come from\n'
|
||
'the class definition).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'If the metaclass has no "__prepare__" attribute, then the '
|
||
'class\n'
|
||
'namespace is initialised as an empty ordered mapping.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See also:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **PEP 3115** - Metaclasses in Python 3000\n'
|
||
' Introduced the "__prepare__" namespace hook\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Executing the class body\n'
|
||
'------------------------\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The class body is executed (approximately) as "exec(body, '
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
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' "__floordiv__()" and "__mod__()"; it should not be '
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'related to\n'
|
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' "__truediv__()". Note that "__pow__()" should be defined '
|
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'to accept\n'
|
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' an optional third argument if the ternary version of the '
|
||
'built-in\n'
|
||
' "pow()" function is to be supported.\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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' If one of those methods does not support the operation '
|
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'with the\n'
|
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' supplied arguments, it should return "NotImplemented".\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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'object.__radd__(self, other)\n'
|
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'object.__rsub__(self, other)\n'
|
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'object.__rmul__(self, other)\n'
|
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'object.__rmatmul__(self, other)\n'
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'object.__rtruediv__(self, other)\n'
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'object.__rfloordiv__(self, other)\n'
|
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'object.__rmod__(self, other)\n'
|
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'object.__rdivmod__(self, other)\n'
|
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'object.__rpow__(self, other)\n'
|
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'object.__rlshift__(self, other)\n'
|
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'object.__rrshift__(self, other)\n'
|
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'object.__rand__(self, other)\n'
|
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'object.__rxor__(self, other)\n'
|
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'object.__ror__(self, other)\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
' These methods are called to implement the binary '
|
||
'arithmetic\n'
|
||
' operations ("+", "-", "*", "@", "/", "//", "%", '
|
||
'"divmod()",\n'
|
||
' "pow()", "**", "<<", ">>", "&", "^", "|") with reflected '
|
||
'(swapped)\n'
|
||
' operands. These functions are only called if the left '
|
||
'operand does\n'
|
||
' not support the corresponding operation [3] and the '
|
||
'operands are of\n'
|
||
' different types. [4] For instance, to evaluate the '
|
||
'expression "x -\n'
|
||
' y", where *y* is an instance of a class that has an '
|
||
'"__rsub__()"\n'
|
||
' method, "y.__rsub__(x)" is called if "x.__sub__(y)" '
|
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'returns\n'
|
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' *NotImplemented*.\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
' Note that ternary "pow()" will not try calling '
|
||
'"__rpow__()" (the\n'
|
||
' coercion rules would become too complicated).\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
' Note: If the right operand’s type is a subclass of the '
|
||
'left\n'
|
||
' operand’s type and that subclass provides the reflected '
|
||
'method\n'
|
||
' for the operation, this method will be called before '
|
||
'the left\n'
|
||
' operand’s non-reflected method. This behavior allows '
|
||
'subclasses\n'
|
||
' to override their ancestors’ operations.\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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'object.__iadd__(self, other)\n'
|
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'object.__isub__(self, other)\n'
|
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'object.__imul__(self, other)\n'
|
||
'object.__imatmul__(self, other)\n'
|
||
'object.__itruediv__(self, other)\n'
|
||
'object.__ifloordiv__(self, other)\n'
|
||
'object.__imod__(self, other)\n'
|
||
'object.__ipow__(self, other[, modulo])\n'
|
||
'object.__ilshift__(self, other)\n'
|
||
'object.__irshift__(self, other)\n'
|
||
'object.__iand__(self, other)\n'
|
||
'object.__ixor__(self, other)\n'
|
||
'object.__ior__(self, other)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' These methods are called to implement the augmented '
|
||
'arithmetic\n'
|
||
' assignments ("+=", "-=", "*=", "@=", "/=", "//=", "%=", '
|
||
'"**=",\n'
|
||
' "<<=", ">>=", "&=", "^=", "|="). These methods should '
|
||
'attempt to\n'
|
||
' do the operation in-place (modifying *self*) and return '
|
||
'the result\n'
|
||
' (which could be, but does not have to be, *self*). If a '
|
||
'specific\n'
|
||
' method is not defined, the augmented assignment falls '
|
||
'back to the\n'
|
||
' normal methods. For instance, if *x* is an instance of a '
|
||
'class\n'
|
||
' with an "__iadd__()" method, "x += y" is equivalent to "x '
|
||
'=\n'
|
||
' x.__iadd__(y)" . Otherwise, "x.__add__(y)" and '
|
||
'"y.__radd__(x)" are\n'
|
||
' considered, as with the evaluation of "x + y". In '
|
||
'certain\n'
|
||
' situations, augmented assignment can result in unexpected '
|
||
'errors\n'
|
||
' (see Why does a_tuple[i] += [‘item’] raise an exception '
|
||
'when the\n'
|
||
' addition works?), but this behavior is in fact part of '
|
||
'the data\n'
|
||
' model.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__neg__(self)\n'
|
||
'object.__pos__(self)\n'
|
||
'object.__abs__(self)\n'
|
||
'object.__invert__(self)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called to implement the unary arithmetic operations ("-", '
|
||
'"+",\n'
|
||
' "abs()" and "~").\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__complex__(self)\n'
|
||
'object.__int__(self)\n'
|
||
'object.__float__(self)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called to implement the built-in functions "complex()", '
|
||
'"int()" and\n'
|
||
' "float()". Should return a value of the appropriate '
|
||
'type.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__index__(self)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called to implement "operator.index()", and whenever '
|
||
'Python needs\n'
|
||
' to losslessly convert the numeric object to an integer '
|
||
'object (such\n'
|
||
' as in slicing, or in the built-in "bin()", "hex()" and '
|
||
'"oct()"\n'
|
||
' functions). Presence of this method indicates that the '
|
||
'numeric\n'
|
||
' object is an integer type. Must return an integer.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Note: In order to have a coherent integer type class, '
|
||
'when\n'
|
||
' "__index__()" is defined "__int__()" should also be '
|
||
'defined, and\n'
|
||
' both should return the same value.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__round__(self[, ndigits])\n'
|
||
'object.__trunc__(self)\n'
|
||
'object.__floor__(self)\n'
|
||
'object.__ceil__(self)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Called to implement the built-in function "round()" and '
|
||
'"math"\n'
|
||
' functions "trunc()", "floor()" and "ceil()". Unless '
|
||
'*ndigits* is\n'
|
||
' passed to "__round__()" all these methods should return '
|
||
'the value\n'
|
||
' of the object truncated to an "Integral" (typically an '
|
||
'"int").\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If "__int__()" is not defined then the built-in function '
|
||
'"int()"\n'
|
||
' falls back to "__trunc__()".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'With Statement Context Managers\n'
|
||
'===============================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A *context manager* is an object that defines the runtime '
|
||
'context to\n'
|
||
'be established when executing a "with" statement. The '
|
||
'context manager\n'
|
||
'handles the entry into, and the exit from, the desired '
|
||
'runtime context\n'
|
||
'for the execution of the block of code. Context managers '
|
||
'are normally\n'
|
||
'invoked using the "with" statement (described in section The '
|
||
'with\n'
|
||
'statement), but can also be used by directly invoking their '
|
||
'methods.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Typical uses of context managers include saving and '
|
||
'restoring various\n'
|
||
'kinds of global state, locking and unlocking resources, '
|
||
'closing opened\n'
|
||
'files, etc.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'For more information on context managers, see Context '
|
||
'Manager Types.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__enter__(self)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Enter the runtime context related to this object. The '
|
||
'"with"\n'
|
||
' statement will bind this method’s return value to the '
|
||
'target(s)\n'
|
||
' specified in the "as" clause of the statement, if any.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'object.__exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Exit the runtime context related to this object. The '
|
||
'parameters\n'
|
||
' describe the exception that caused the context to be '
|
||
'exited. If the\n'
|
||
' context was exited without an exception, all three '
|
||
'arguments will\n'
|
||
' be "None".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If an exception is supplied, and the method wishes to '
|
||
'suppress the\n'
|
||
' exception (i.e., prevent it from being propagated), it '
|
||
'should\n'
|
||
' return a true value. Otherwise, the exception will be '
|
||
'processed\n'
|
||
' normally upon exit from this method.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Note that "__exit__()" methods should not reraise the '
|
||
'passed-in\n'
|
||
' exception; this is the caller’s responsibility.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See also:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **PEP 343** - The “with” statement\n'
|
||
' The specification, background, and examples for the '
|
||
'Python "with"\n'
|
||
' statement.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Special method lookup\n'
|
||
'=====================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'For custom classes, implicit invocations of special methods '
|
||
'are only\n'
|
||
'guaranteed to work correctly if defined on an object’s type, '
|
||
'not in\n'
|
||
'the object’s instance dictionary. That behaviour is the '
|
||
'reason why\n'
|
||
'the following code raises an exception:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> class C:\n'
|
||
' ... pass\n'
|
||
' ...\n'
|
||
' >>> c = C()\n'
|
||
' >>> c.__len__ = lambda: 5\n'
|
||
' >>> len(c)\n'
|
||
' Traceback (most recent call last):\n'
|
||
' File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>\n'
|
||
" TypeError: object of type 'C' has no len()\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The rationale behind this behaviour lies with a number of '
|
||
'special\n'
|
||
'methods such as "__hash__()" and "__repr__()" that are '
|
||
'implemented by\n'
|
||
'all objects, including type objects. If the implicit lookup '
|
||
'of these\n'
|
||
'methods used the conventional lookup process, they would '
|
||
'fail when\n'
|
||
'invoked on the type object itself:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> 1 .__hash__() == hash(1)\n'
|
||
' True\n'
|
||
' >>> int.__hash__() == hash(int)\n'
|
||
' Traceback (most recent call last):\n'
|
||
' File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>\n'
|
||
" TypeError: descriptor '__hash__' of 'int' object needs an "
|
||
'argument\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Incorrectly attempting to invoke an unbound method of a '
|
||
'class in this\n'
|
||
'way is sometimes referred to as ‘metaclass confusion’, and '
|
||
'is avoided\n'
|
||
'by bypassing the instance when looking up special methods:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> type(1).__hash__(1) == hash(1)\n'
|
||
' True\n'
|
||
' >>> type(int).__hash__(int) == hash(int)\n'
|
||
' True\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'In addition to bypassing any instance attributes in the '
|
||
'interest of\n'
|
||
'correctness, implicit special method lookup generally also '
|
||
'bypasses\n'
|
||
'the "__getattribute__()" method even of the object’s '
|
||
'metaclass:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> class Meta(type):\n'
|
||
' ... def __getattribute__(*args):\n'
|
||
' ... print("Metaclass getattribute invoked")\n'
|
||
' ... return type.__getattribute__(*args)\n'
|
||
' ...\n'
|
||
' >>> class C(object, metaclass=Meta):\n'
|
||
' ... def __len__(self):\n'
|
||
' ... return 10\n'
|
||
' ... def __getattribute__(*args):\n'
|
||
' ... print("Class getattribute invoked")\n'
|
||
' ... return object.__getattribute__(*args)\n'
|
||
' ...\n'
|
||
' >>> c = C()\n'
|
||
' >>> c.__len__() # Explicit lookup via '
|
||
'instance\n'
|
||
' Class getattribute invoked\n'
|
||
' 10\n'
|
||
' >>> type(c).__len__(c) # Explicit lookup via '
|
||
'type\n'
|
||
' Metaclass getattribute invoked\n'
|
||
' 10\n'
|
||
' >>> len(c) # Implicit lookup\n'
|
||
' 10\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Bypassing the "__getattribute__()" machinery in this fashion '
|
||
'provides\n'
|
||
'significant scope for speed optimisations within the '
|
||
'interpreter, at\n'
|
||
'the cost of some flexibility in the handling of special '
|
||
'methods (the\n'
|
||
'special method *must* be set on the class object itself in '
|
||
'order to be\n'
|
||
'consistently invoked by the interpreter).\n',
|
||
'string-methods': 'String Methods\n'
|
||
'**************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Strings implement all of the common sequence operations, '
|
||
'along with\n'
|
||
'the additional methods described below.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Strings also support two styles of string formatting, one '
|
||
'providing a\n'
|
||
'large degree of flexibility and customization (see '
|
||
'"str.format()",\n'
|
||
'Format String Syntax and Custom String Formatting) and the '
|
||
'other based\n'
|
||
'on C "printf" style formatting that handles a narrower '
|
||
'range of types\n'
|
||
'and is slightly harder to use correctly, but is often '
|
||
'faster for the\n'
|
||
'cases it can handle (printf-style String Formatting).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The Text Processing Services section of the standard '
|
||
'library covers a\n'
|
||
'number of other modules that provide various text related '
|
||
'utilities\n'
|
||
'(including regular expression support in the "re" '
|
||
'module).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.capitalize()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a copy of the string with its first character '
|
||
'capitalized\n'
|
||
' and the rest lowercased.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.casefold()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a casefolded copy of the string. Casefolded '
|
||
'strings may be\n'
|
||
' used for caseless matching.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Casefolding is similar to lowercasing but more '
|
||
'aggressive because\n'
|
||
' it is intended to remove all case distinctions in a '
|
||
'string. For\n'
|
||
' example, the German lowercase letter "\'ß\'" is '
|
||
'equivalent to ""ss"".\n'
|
||
' Since it is already lowercase, "lower()" would do '
|
||
'nothing to "\'ß\'";\n'
|
||
' "casefold()" converts it to ""ss"".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The casefolding algorithm is described in section 3.13 '
|
||
'of the\n'
|
||
' Unicode Standard.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' New in version 3.3.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.center(width[, fillchar])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return centered in a string of length *width*. Padding '
|
||
'is done\n'
|
||
' using the specified *fillchar* (default is an ASCII '
|
||
'space). The\n'
|
||
' original string is returned if *width* is less than or '
|
||
'equal to\n'
|
||
' "len(s)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.count(sub[, start[, end]])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return the number of non-overlapping occurrences of '
|
||
'substring *sub*\n'
|
||
' in the range [*start*, *end*]. Optional arguments '
|
||
'*start* and\n'
|
||
' *end* are interpreted as in slice notation.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.encode(encoding="utf-8", errors="strict")\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return an encoded version of the string as a bytes '
|
||
'object. Default\n'
|
||
' encoding is "\'utf-8\'". *errors* may be given to set a '
|
||
'different\n'
|
||
' error handling scheme. The default for *errors* is '
|
||
'"\'strict\'",\n'
|
||
' meaning that encoding errors raise a "UnicodeError". '
|
||
'Other possible\n'
|
||
' values are "\'ignore\'", "\'replace\'", '
|
||
'"\'xmlcharrefreplace\'",\n'
|
||
' "\'backslashreplace\'" and any other name registered '
|
||
'via\n'
|
||
' "codecs.register_error()", see section Error Handlers. '
|
||
'For a list\n'
|
||
' of possible encodings, see section Standard Encodings.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Changed in version 3.1: Support for keyword arguments '
|
||
'added.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.endswith(suffix[, start[, end]])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return "True" if the string ends with the specified '
|
||
'*suffix*,\n'
|
||
' otherwise return "False". *suffix* can also be a tuple '
|
||
'of suffixes\n'
|
||
' to look for. With optional *start*, test beginning at '
|
||
'that\n'
|
||
' position. With optional *end*, stop comparing at that '
|
||
'position.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.expandtabs(tabsize=8)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a copy of the string where all tab characters '
|
||
'are replaced\n'
|
||
' by one or more spaces, depending on the current column '
|
||
'and the\n'
|
||
' given tab size. Tab positions occur every *tabsize* '
|
||
'characters\n'
|
||
' (default is 8, giving tab positions at columns 0, 8, 16 '
|
||
'and so on).\n'
|
||
' To expand the string, the current column is set to zero '
|
||
'and the\n'
|
||
' string is examined character by character. If the '
|
||
'character is a\n'
|
||
' tab ("\\t"), one or more space characters are inserted '
|
||
'in the result\n'
|
||
' until the current column is equal to the next tab '
|
||
'position. (The\n'
|
||
' tab character itself is not copied.) If the character '
|
||
'is a newline\n'
|
||
' ("\\n") or return ("\\r"), it is copied and the current '
|
||
'column is\n'
|
||
' reset to zero. Any other character is copied unchanged '
|
||
'and the\n'
|
||
' current column is incremented by one regardless of how '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' character is represented when printed.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
" >>> '01\\t012\\t0123\\t01234'.expandtabs()\n"
|
||
" '01 012 0123 01234'\n"
|
||
" >>> '01\\t012\\t0123\\t01234'.expandtabs(4)\n"
|
||
" '01 012 0123 01234'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.find(sub[, start[, end]])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return the lowest index in the string where substring '
|
||
'*sub* is\n'
|
||
' found within the slice "s[start:end]". Optional '
|
||
'arguments *start*\n'
|
||
' and *end* are interpreted as in slice notation. Return '
|
||
'"-1" if\n'
|
||
' *sub* is not found.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Note: The "find()" method should be used only if you '
|
||
'need to know\n'
|
||
' the position of *sub*. To check if *sub* is a '
|
||
'substring or not,\n'
|
||
' use the "in" operator:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
" >>> 'Py' in 'Python'\n"
|
||
' True\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.format(*args, **kwargs)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Perform a string formatting operation. The string on '
|
||
'which this\n'
|
||
' method is called can contain literal text or '
|
||
'replacement fields\n'
|
||
' delimited by braces "{}". Each replacement field '
|
||
'contains either\n'
|
||
' the numeric index of a positional argument, or the name '
|
||
'of a\n'
|
||
' keyword argument. Returns a copy of the string where '
|
||
'each\n'
|
||
' replacement field is replaced with the string value of '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' corresponding argument.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> "The sum of 1 + 2 is {0}".format(1+2)\n'
|
||
" 'The sum of 1 + 2 is 3'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' See Format String Syntax for a description of the '
|
||
'various\n'
|
||
' formatting options that can be specified in format '
|
||
'strings.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Note: When formatting a number ("int", "float", '
|
||
'"complex",\n'
|
||
' "decimal.Decimal" and subclasses) with the "n" type '
|
||
'(ex:\n'
|
||
' "\'{:n}\'.format(1234)"), the function temporarily '
|
||
'sets the\n'
|
||
' "LC_CTYPE" locale to the "LC_NUMERIC" locale to '
|
||
'decode\n'
|
||
' "decimal_point" and "thousands_sep" fields of '
|
||
'"localeconv()" if\n'
|
||
' they are non-ASCII or longer than 1 byte, and the '
|
||
'"LC_NUMERIC"\n'
|
||
' locale is different than the "LC_CTYPE" locale. This '
|
||
'temporary\n'
|
||
' change affects other threads.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Changed in version 3.7: When formatting a number with '
|
||
'the "n" type,\n'
|
||
' the function sets temporarily the "LC_CTYPE" locale to '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' "LC_NUMERIC" locale in some cases.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.format_map(mapping)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Similar to "str.format(**mapping)", except that '
|
||
'"mapping" is used\n'
|
||
' directly and not copied to a "dict". This is useful if '
|
||
'for example\n'
|
||
' "mapping" is a dict subclass:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> class Default(dict):\n'
|
||
' ... def __missing__(self, key):\n'
|
||
' ... return key\n'
|
||
' ...\n'
|
||
" >>> '{name} was born in "
|
||
"{country}'.format_map(Default(name='Guido'))\n"
|
||
" 'Guido was born in country'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' New in version 3.2.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.index(sub[, start[, end]])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Like "find()", but raise "ValueError" when the '
|
||
'substring is not\n'
|
||
' found.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.isalnum()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return true if all characters in the string are '
|
||
'alphanumeric and\n'
|
||
' there is at least one character, false otherwise. A '
|
||
'character "c"\n'
|
||
' is alphanumeric if one of the following returns '
|
||
'"True":\n'
|
||
' "c.isalpha()", "c.isdecimal()", "c.isdigit()", or '
|
||
'"c.isnumeric()".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.isalpha()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return true if all characters in the string are '
|
||
'alphabetic and\n'
|
||
' there is at least one character, false otherwise. '
|
||
'Alphabetic\n'
|
||
' characters are those characters defined in the Unicode '
|
||
'character\n'
|
||
' database as “Letter”, i.e., those with general category '
|
||
'property\n'
|
||
' being one of “Lm”, “Lt”, “Lu”, “Ll”, or “Lo”. Note '
|
||
'that this is\n'
|
||
' different from the “Alphabetic” property defined in the '
|
||
'Unicode\n'
|
||
' Standard.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.isascii()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return true if the string is empty or all characters in '
|
||
'the string\n'
|
||
' are ASCII, false otherwise. ASCII characters have code '
|
||
'points in\n'
|
||
' the range U+0000-U+007F.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' New in version 3.7.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.isdecimal()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return true if all characters in the string are decimal '
|
||
'characters\n'
|
||
' and there is at least one character, false otherwise. '
|
||
'Decimal\n'
|
||
' characters are those that can be used to form numbers '
|
||
'in base 10,\n'
|
||
' e.g. U+0660, ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT ZERO. Formally a '
|
||
'decimal character\n'
|
||
' is a character in the Unicode General Category “Nd”.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.isdigit()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return true if all characters in the string are digits '
|
||
'and there is\n'
|
||
' at least one character, false otherwise. Digits '
|
||
'include decimal\n'
|
||
' characters and digits that need special handling, such '
|
||
'as the\n'
|
||
' compatibility superscript digits. This covers digits '
|
||
'which cannot\n'
|
||
' be used to form numbers in base 10, like the Kharosthi '
|
||
'numbers.\n'
|
||
' Formally, a digit is a character that has the property '
|
||
'value\n'
|
||
' Numeric_Type=Digit or Numeric_Type=Decimal.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.isidentifier()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return true if the string is a valid identifier '
|
||
'according to the\n'
|
||
' language definition, section Identifiers and keywords.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Use "keyword.iskeyword()" to test for reserved '
|
||
'identifiers such as\n'
|
||
' "def" and "class".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.islower()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return true if all cased characters [4] in the string '
|
||
'are lowercase\n'
|
||
' and there is at least one cased character, false '
|
||
'otherwise.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.isnumeric()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return true if all characters in the string are numeric '
|
||
'characters,\n'
|
||
' and there is at least one character, false otherwise. '
|
||
'Numeric\n'
|
||
' characters include digit characters, and all characters '
|
||
'that have\n'
|
||
' the Unicode numeric value property, e.g. U+2155, VULGAR '
|
||
'FRACTION\n'
|
||
' ONE FIFTH. Formally, numeric characters are those with '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' property value Numeric_Type=Digit, Numeric_Type=Decimal '
|
||
'or\n'
|
||
' Numeric_Type=Numeric.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.isprintable()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return true if all characters in the string are '
|
||
'printable or the\n'
|
||
' string is empty, false otherwise. Nonprintable '
|
||
'characters are\n'
|
||
' those characters defined in the Unicode character '
|
||
'database as\n'
|
||
' “Other” or “Separator”, excepting the ASCII space '
|
||
'(0x20) which is\n'
|
||
' considered printable. (Note that printable characters '
|
||
'in this\n'
|
||
' context are those which should not be escaped when '
|
||
'"repr()" is\n'
|
||
' invoked on a string. It has no bearing on the handling '
|
||
'of strings\n'
|
||
' written to "sys.stdout" or "sys.stderr".)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.isspace()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return true if there are only whitespace characters in '
|
||
'the string\n'
|
||
' and there is at least one character, false otherwise. '
|
||
'Whitespace\n'
|
||
' characters are those characters defined in the Unicode '
|
||
'character\n'
|
||
' database as “Other” or “Separator” and those with '
|
||
'bidirectional\n'
|
||
' property being one of “WS”, “B”, or “S”.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.istitle()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return true if the string is a titlecased string and '
|
||
'there is at\n'
|
||
' least one character, for example uppercase characters '
|
||
'may only\n'
|
||
' follow uncased characters and lowercase characters only '
|
||
'cased ones.\n'
|
||
' Return false otherwise.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.isupper()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return true if all cased characters [4] in the string '
|
||
'are uppercase\n'
|
||
' and there is at least one cased character, false '
|
||
'otherwise.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.join(iterable)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a string which is the concatenation of the '
|
||
'strings in\n'
|
||
' *iterable*. A "TypeError" will be raised if there are '
|
||
'any non-\n'
|
||
' string values in *iterable*, including "bytes" '
|
||
'objects. The\n'
|
||
' separator between elements is the string providing this '
|
||
'method.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.ljust(width[, fillchar])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return the string left justified in a string of length '
|
||
'*width*.\n'
|
||
' Padding is done using the specified *fillchar* (default '
|
||
'is an ASCII\n'
|
||
' space). The original string is returned if *width* is '
|
||
'less than or\n'
|
||
' equal to "len(s)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.lower()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a copy of the string with all the cased '
|
||
'characters [4]\n'
|
||
' converted to lowercase.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The lowercasing algorithm used is described in section '
|
||
'3.13 of the\n'
|
||
' Unicode Standard.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.lstrip([chars])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a copy of the string with leading characters '
|
||
'removed. The\n'
|
||
' *chars* argument is a string specifying the set of '
|
||
'characters to be\n'
|
||
' removed. If omitted or "None", the *chars* argument '
|
||
'defaults to\n'
|
||
' removing whitespace. The *chars* argument is not a '
|
||
'prefix; rather,\n'
|
||
' all combinations of its values are stripped:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
" >>> ' spacious '.lstrip()\n"
|
||
" 'spacious '\n"
|
||
" >>> 'www.example.com'.lstrip('cmowz.')\n"
|
||
" 'example.com'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'static str.maketrans(x[, y[, z]])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' This static method returns a translation table usable '
|
||
'for\n'
|
||
' "str.translate()".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If there is only one argument, it must be a dictionary '
|
||
'mapping\n'
|
||
' Unicode ordinals (integers) or characters (strings of '
|
||
'length 1) to\n'
|
||
' Unicode ordinals, strings (of arbitrary lengths) or '
|
||
'"None".\n'
|
||
' Character keys will then be converted to ordinals.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If there are two arguments, they must be strings of '
|
||
'equal length,\n'
|
||
' and in the resulting dictionary, each character in x '
|
||
'will be mapped\n'
|
||
' to the character at the same position in y. If there '
|
||
'is a third\n'
|
||
' argument, it must be a string, whose characters will be '
|
||
'mapped to\n'
|
||
' "None" in the result.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.partition(sep)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Split the string at the first occurrence of *sep*, and '
|
||
'return a\n'
|
||
' 3-tuple containing the part before the separator, the '
|
||
'separator\n'
|
||
' itself, and the part after the separator. If the '
|
||
'separator is not\n'
|
||
' found, return a 3-tuple containing the string itself, '
|
||
'followed by\n'
|
||
' two empty strings.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.replace(old, new[, count])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a copy of the string with all occurrences of '
|
||
'substring *old*\n'
|
||
' replaced by *new*. If the optional argument *count* is '
|
||
'given, only\n'
|
||
' the first *count* occurrences are replaced.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.rfind(sub[, start[, end]])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return the highest index in the string where substring '
|
||
'*sub* is\n'
|
||
' found, such that *sub* is contained within '
|
||
'"s[start:end]".\n'
|
||
' Optional arguments *start* and *end* are interpreted as '
|
||
'in slice\n'
|
||
' notation. Return "-1" on failure.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.rindex(sub[, start[, end]])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Like "rfind()" but raises "ValueError" when the '
|
||
'substring *sub* is\n'
|
||
' not found.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.rjust(width[, fillchar])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return the string right justified in a string of length '
|
||
'*width*.\n'
|
||
' Padding is done using the specified *fillchar* (default '
|
||
'is an ASCII\n'
|
||
' space). The original string is returned if *width* is '
|
||
'less than or\n'
|
||
' equal to "len(s)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.rpartition(sep)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Split the string at the last occurrence of *sep*, and '
|
||
'return a\n'
|
||
' 3-tuple containing the part before the separator, the '
|
||
'separator\n'
|
||
' itself, and the part after the separator. If the '
|
||
'separator is not\n'
|
||
' found, return a 3-tuple containing two empty strings, '
|
||
'followed by\n'
|
||
' the string itself.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.rsplit(sep=None, maxsplit=-1)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a list of the words in the string, using *sep* '
|
||
'as the\n'
|
||
' delimiter string. If *maxsplit* is given, at most '
|
||
'*maxsplit* splits\n'
|
||
' are done, the *rightmost* ones. If *sep* is not '
|
||
'specified or\n'
|
||
' "None", any whitespace string is a separator. Except '
|
||
'for splitting\n'
|
||
' from the right, "rsplit()" behaves like "split()" which '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
' described in detail below.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.rstrip([chars])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a copy of the string with trailing characters '
|
||
'removed. The\n'
|
||
' *chars* argument is a string specifying the set of '
|
||
'characters to be\n'
|
||
' removed. If omitted or "None", the *chars* argument '
|
||
'defaults to\n'
|
||
' removing whitespace. The *chars* argument is not a '
|
||
'suffix; rather,\n'
|
||
' all combinations of its values are stripped:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
" >>> ' spacious '.rstrip()\n"
|
||
" ' spacious'\n"
|
||
" >>> 'mississippi'.rstrip('ipz')\n"
|
||
" 'mississ'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.split(sep=None, maxsplit=-1)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a list of the words in the string, using *sep* '
|
||
'as the\n'
|
||
' delimiter string. If *maxsplit* is given, at most '
|
||
'*maxsplit*\n'
|
||
' splits are done (thus, the list will have at most '
|
||
'"maxsplit+1"\n'
|
||
' elements). If *maxsplit* is not specified or "-1", '
|
||
'then there is\n'
|
||
' no limit on the number of splits (all possible splits '
|
||
'are made).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If *sep* is given, consecutive delimiters are not '
|
||
'grouped together\n'
|
||
' and are deemed to delimit empty strings (for example,\n'
|
||
' "\'1,,2\'.split(\',\')" returns "[\'1\', \'\', '
|
||
'\'2\']"). The *sep* argument\n'
|
||
' may consist of multiple characters (for example,\n'
|
||
' "\'1<>2<>3\'.split(\'<>\')" returns "[\'1\', \'2\', '
|
||
'\'3\']"). Splitting an\n'
|
||
' empty string with a specified separator returns '
|
||
'"[\'\']".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' For example:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
" >>> '1,2,3'.split(',')\n"
|
||
" ['1', '2', '3']\n"
|
||
" >>> '1,2,3'.split(',', maxsplit=1)\n"
|
||
" ['1', '2,3']\n"
|
||
" >>> '1,2,,3,'.split(',')\n"
|
||
" ['1', '2', '', '3', '']\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If *sep* is not specified or is "None", a different '
|
||
'splitting\n'
|
||
' algorithm is applied: runs of consecutive whitespace '
|
||
'are regarded\n'
|
||
' as a single separator, and the result will contain no '
|
||
'empty strings\n'
|
||
' at the start or end if the string has leading or '
|
||
'trailing\n'
|
||
' whitespace. Consequently, splitting an empty string or '
|
||
'a string\n'
|
||
' consisting of just whitespace with a "None" separator '
|
||
'returns "[]".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' For example:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
" >>> '1 2 3'.split()\n"
|
||
" ['1', '2', '3']\n"
|
||
" >>> '1 2 3'.split(maxsplit=1)\n"
|
||
" ['1', '2 3']\n"
|
||
" >>> ' 1 2 3 '.split()\n"
|
||
" ['1', '2', '3']\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.splitlines([keepends])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a list of the lines in the string, breaking at '
|
||
'line\n'
|
||
' boundaries. Line breaks are not included in the '
|
||
'resulting list\n'
|
||
' unless *keepends* is given and true.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' This method splits on the following line boundaries. '
|
||
'In\n'
|
||
' particular, the boundaries are a superset of *universal '
|
||
'newlines*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-------------------------+-------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | Representation | '
|
||
'Description |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+=========================+===============================+\n'
|
||
' | "\\n" | Line '
|
||
'Feed |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-------------------------+-------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\\r" | Carriage '
|
||
'Return |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-------------------------+-------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\\r\\n" | Carriage Return + Line '
|
||
'Feed |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-------------------------+-------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\\v" or "\\x0b" | Line '
|
||
'Tabulation |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-------------------------+-------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\\f" or "\\x0c" | Form '
|
||
'Feed |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-------------------------+-------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\\x1c" | File '
|
||
'Separator |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-------------------------+-------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\\x1d" | Group '
|
||
'Separator |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-------------------------+-------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\\x1e" | Record '
|
||
'Separator |\n'
|
||
' '
|
||
'+-------------------------+-------------------------------+\n'
|
||
' | "\\x85" | Next Line (C1 Control '
|
||
'Code) |\n'
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' '
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'+-------------------------+-------------------------------+\n'
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' | "\\u2028" | Line '
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'Separator |\n'
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' '
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'+-------------------------+-------------------------------+\n'
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' | "\\u2029" | Paragraph '
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'Separator |\n'
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' '
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'+-------------------------+-------------------------------+\n'
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'\n'
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' Changed in version 3.2: "\\v" and "\\f" added to list '
|
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'of line\n'
|
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' boundaries.\n'
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'\n'
|
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' For example:\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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" >>> 'ab c\\n\\nde fg\\rkl\\r\\n'.splitlines()\n"
|
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" ['ab c', '', 'de fg', 'kl']\n"
|
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" >>> 'ab c\\n\\nde "
|
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"fg\\rkl\\r\\n'.splitlines(keepends=True)\n"
|
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" ['ab c\\n', '\\n', 'de fg\\r', 'kl\\r\\n']\n"
|
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'\n'
|
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' Unlike "split()" when a delimiter string *sep* is '
|
||
'given, this\n'
|
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' method returns an empty list for the empty string, and '
|
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'a terminal\n'
|
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' line break does not result in an extra line:\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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' >>> "".splitlines()\n'
|
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' []\n'
|
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' >>> "One line\\n".splitlines()\n'
|
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" ['One line']\n"
|
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'\n'
|
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' For comparison, "split(\'\\n\')" gives:\n'
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'\n'
|
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" >>> ''.split('\\n')\n"
|
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" ['']\n"
|
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" >>> 'Two lines\\n'.split('\\n')\n"
|
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" ['Two lines', '']\n"
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'\n'
|
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'str.startswith(prefix[, start[, end]])\n'
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'\n'
|
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' Return "True" if string starts with the *prefix*, '
|
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'otherwise return\n'
|
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' "False". *prefix* can also be a tuple of prefixes to '
|
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'look for.\n'
|
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' With optional *start*, test string beginning at that '
|
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'position.\n'
|
||
' With optional *end*, stop comparing string at that '
|
||
'position.\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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'str.strip([chars])\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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' Return a copy of the string with the leading and '
|
||
'trailing\n'
|
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' characters removed. The *chars* argument is a string '
|
||
'specifying the\n'
|
||
' set of characters to be removed. If omitted or "None", '
|
||
'the *chars*\n'
|
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' argument defaults to removing whitespace. The *chars* '
|
||
'argument is\n'
|
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' not a prefix or suffix; rather, all combinations of its '
|
||
'values are\n'
|
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' stripped:\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
" >>> ' spacious '.strip()\n"
|
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" 'spacious'\n"
|
||
" >>> 'www.example.com'.strip('cmowz.')\n"
|
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" 'example'\n"
|
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'\n'
|
||
' The outermost leading and trailing *chars* argument '
|
||
'values are\n'
|
||
' stripped from the string. Characters are removed from '
|
||
'the leading\n'
|
||
' end until reaching a string character that is not '
|
||
'contained in the\n'
|
||
' set of characters in *chars*. A similar action takes '
|
||
'place on the\n'
|
||
' trailing end. For example:\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
" >>> comment_string = '#....... Section 3.2.1 Issue "
|
||
"#32 .......'\n"
|
||
" >>> comment_string.strip('.#! ')\n"
|
||
" 'Section 3.2.1 Issue #32'\n"
|
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'\n'
|
||
'str.swapcase()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a copy of the string with uppercase characters '
|
||
'converted to\n'
|
||
' lowercase and vice versa. Note that it is not '
|
||
'necessarily true that\n'
|
||
' "s.swapcase().swapcase() == s".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.title()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a titlecased version of the string where words '
|
||
'start with an\n'
|
||
' uppercase character and the remaining characters are '
|
||
'lowercase.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' For example:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
" >>> 'Hello world'.title()\n"
|
||
" 'Hello World'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The algorithm uses a simple language-independent '
|
||
'definition of a\n'
|
||
' word as groups of consecutive letters. The definition '
|
||
'works in\n'
|
||
' many contexts but it means that apostrophes in '
|
||
'contractions and\n'
|
||
' possessives form word boundaries, which may not be the '
|
||
'desired\n'
|
||
' result:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> "they\'re bill\'s friends from the UK".title()\n'
|
||
' "They\'Re Bill\'S Friends From The Uk"\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' A workaround for apostrophes can be constructed using '
|
||
'regular\n'
|
||
' expressions:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> import re\n'
|
||
' >>> def titlecase(s):\n'
|
||
' ... return re.sub(r"[A-Za-z]+(\'[A-Za-z]+)?",\n'
|
||
' ... lambda mo: '
|
||
'mo.group(0)[0].upper() +\n'
|
||
' ... '
|
||
'mo.group(0)[1:].lower(),\n'
|
||
' ... s)\n'
|
||
' ...\n'
|
||
' >>> titlecase("they\'re bill\'s friends.")\n'
|
||
' "They\'re Bill\'s Friends."\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.translate(table)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a copy of the string in which each character has '
|
||
'been mapped\n'
|
||
' through the given translation table. The table must be '
|
||
'an object\n'
|
||
' that implements indexing via "__getitem__()", typically '
|
||
'a *mapping*\n'
|
||
' or *sequence*. When indexed by a Unicode ordinal (an '
|
||
'integer), the\n'
|
||
' table object can do any of the following: return a '
|
||
'Unicode ordinal\n'
|
||
' or a string, to map the character to one or more other '
|
||
'characters;\n'
|
||
' return "None", to delete the character from the return '
|
||
'string; or\n'
|
||
' raise a "LookupError" exception, to map the character '
|
||
'to itself.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' You can use "str.maketrans()" to create a translation '
|
||
'map from\n'
|
||
' character-to-character mappings in different formats.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' See also the "codecs" module for a more flexible '
|
||
'approach to custom\n'
|
||
' character mappings.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.upper()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a copy of the string with all the cased '
|
||
'characters [4]\n'
|
||
' converted to uppercase. Note that '
|
||
'"s.upper().isupper()" might be\n'
|
||
' "False" if "s" contains uncased characters or if the '
|
||
'Unicode\n'
|
||
' category of the resulting character(s) is not “Lu” '
|
||
'(Letter,\n'
|
||
' uppercase), but e.g. “Lt” (Letter, titlecase).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The uppercasing algorithm used is described in section '
|
||
'3.13 of the\n'
|
||
' Unicode Standard.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'str.zfill(width)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a copy of the string left filled with ASCII '
|
||
'"\'0\'" digits to\n'
|
||
' make a string of length *width*. A leading sign prefix\n'
|
||
' ("\'+\'"/"\'-\'") is handled by inserting the padding '
|
||
'*after* the sign\n'
|
||
' character rather than before. The original string is '
|
||
'returned if\n'
|
||
' *width* is less than or equal to "len(s)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' For example:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> "42".zfill(5)\n'
|
||
" '00042'\n"
|
||
' >>> "-42".zfill(5)\n'
|
||
" '-0042'\n",
|
||
'strings': 'String and Bytes literals\n'
|
||
'*************************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'String literals are described by the following lexical '
|
||
'definitions:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' stringliteral ::= [stringprefix](shortstring | longstring)\n'
|
||
' stringprefix ::= "r" | "u" | "R" | "U" | "f" | "F"\n'
|
||
' | "fr" | "Fr" | "fR" | "FR" | "rf" | "rF" | '
|
||
'"Rf" | "RF"\n'
|
||
' shortstring ::= "\'" shortstringitem* "\'" | \'"\' '
|
||
'shortstringitem* \'"\'\n'
|
||
' longstring ::= "\'\'\'" longstringitem* "\'\'\'" | '
|
||
'\'"""\' longstringitem* \'"""\'\n'
|
||
' shortstringitem ::= shortstringchar | stringescapeseq\n'
|
||
' longstringitem ::= longstringchar | stringescapeseq\n'
|
||
' shortstringchar ::= <any source character except "\\" or '
|
||
'newline or the quote>\n'
|
||
' longstringchar ::= <any source character except "\\">\n'
|
||
' stringescapeseq ::= "\\" <any source character>\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' bytesliteral ::= bytesprefix(shortbytes | longbytes)\n'
|
||
' bytesprefix ::= "b" | "B" | "br" | "Br" | "bR" | "BR" | '
|
||
'"rb" | "rB" | "Rb" | "RB"\n'
|
||
' shortbytes ::= "\'" shortbytesitem* "\'" | \'"\' '
|
||
'shortbytesitem* \'"\'\n'
|
||
' longbytes ::= "\'\'\'" longbytesitem* "\'\'\'" | \'"""\' '
|
||
'longbytesitem* \'"""\'\n'
|
||
' shortbytesitem ::= shortbyteschar | bytesescapeseq\n'
|
||
' longbytesitem ::= longbyteschar | bytesescapeseq\n'
|
||
' shortbyteschar ::= <any ASCII character except "\\" or newline '
|
||
'or the quote>\n'
|
||
' longbyteschar ::= <any ASCII character except "\\">\n'
|
||
' bytesescapeseq ::= "\\" <any ASCII character>\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'One syntactic restriction not indicated by these productions is '
|
||
'that\n'
|
||
'whitespace is not allowed between the "stringprefix" or '
|
||
'"bytesprefix"\n'
|
||
'and the rest of the literal. The source character set is defined '
|
||
'by\n'
|
||
'the encoding declaration; it is UTF-8 if no encoding declaration '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
'given in the source file; see section Encoding declarations.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'In plain English: Both types of literals can be enclosed in '
|
||
'matching\n'
|
||
'single quotes ("\'") or double quotes ("""). They can also be '
|
||
'enclosed\n'
|
||
'in matching groups of three single or double quotes (these are\n'
|
||
'generally referred to as *triple-quoted strings*). The '
|
||
'backslash\n'
|
||
'("\\") character is used to escape characters that otherwise have '
|
||
'a\n'
|
||
'special meaning, such as newline, backslash itself, or the quote\n'
|
||
'character.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Bytes literals are always prefixed with "\'b\'" or "\'B\'"; they '
|
||
'produce\n'
|
||
'an instance of the "bytes" type instead of the "str" type. They '
|
||
'may\n'
|
||
'only contain ASCII characters; bytes with a numeric value of 128 '
|
||
'or\n'
|
||
'greater must be expressed with escapes.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Both string and bytes literals may optionally be prefixed with a\n'
|
||
'letter "\'r\'" or "\'R\'"; such strings are called *raw strings* '
|
||
'and treat\n'
|
||
'backslashes as literal characters. As a result, in string '
|
||
'literals,\n'
|
||
'"\'\\U\'" and "\'\\u\'" escapes in raw strings are not treated '
|
||
'specially.\n'
|
||
'Given that Python 2.x’s raw unicode literals behave differently '
|
||
'than\n'
|
||
'Python 3.x’s the "\'ur\'" syntax is not supported.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'New in version 3.3: The "\'rb\'" prefix of raw bytes literals has '
|
||
'been\n'
|
||
'added as a synonym of "\'br\'".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'New in version 3.3: Support for the unicode legacy literal\n'
|
||
'("u\'value\'") was reintroduced to simplify the maintenance of '
|
||
'dual\n'
|
||
'Python 2.x and 3.x codebases. See **PEP 414** for more '
|
||
'information.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A string literal with "\'f\'" or "\'F\'" in its prefix is a '
|
||
'*formatted\n'
|
||
'string literal*; see Formatted string literals. The "\'f\'" may '
|
||
'be\n'
|
||
'combined with "\'r\'", but not with "\'b\'" or "\'u\'", therefore '
|
||
'raw\n'
|
||
'formatted strings are possible, but formatted bytes literals are '
|
||
'not.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'In triple-quoted literals, unescaped newlines and quotes are '
|
||
'allowed\n'
|
||
'(and are retained), except that three unescaped quotes in a row\n'
|
||
'terminate the literal. (A “quote” is the character used to open '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'literal, i.e. either "\'" or """.)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Unless an "\'r\'" or "\'R\'" prefix is present, escape sequences '
|
||
'in string\n'
|
||
'and bytes literals are interpreted according to rules similar to '
|
||
'those\n'
|
||
'used by Standard C. The recognized escape sequences are:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'| Escape Sequence | Meaning | Notes '
|
||
'|\n'
|
||
'+===================+===================================+=========+\n'
|
||
'| "\\newline" | Backslash and newline ignored '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'| "\\\\" | Backslash ("\\") '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'| "\\\'" | Single quote ("\'") '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'| "\\"" | Double quote (""") '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'| "\\a" | ASCII Bell (BEL) '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'| "\\b" | ASCII Backspace (BS) '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'| "\\f" | ASCII Formfeed (FF) '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'| "\\n" | ASCII Linefeed (LF) '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'| "\\r" | ASCII Carriage Return (CR) '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'| "\\t" | ASCII Horizontal Tab (TAB) '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'| "\\v" | ASCII Vertical Tab (VT) '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'| "\\ooo" | Character with octal value *ooo* | '
|
||
'(1,3) |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'| "\\xhh" | Character with hex value *hh* | '
|
||
'(2,3) |\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Escape sequences only recognized in string literals are:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'| Escape Sequence | Meaning | Notes '
|
||
'|\n'
|
||
'+===================+===================================+=========+\n'
|
||
'| "\\N{name}" | Character named *name* in the | '
|
||
'(4) |\n'
|
||
'| | Unicode database | '
|
||
'|\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'| "\\uxxxx" | Character with 16-bit hex value | '
|
||
'(5) |\n'
|
||
'| | *xxxx* | '
|
||
'|\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'| "\\Uxxxxxxxx" | Character with 32-bit hex value | '
|
||
'(6) |\n'
|
||
'| | *xxxxxxxx* | '
|
||
'|\n'
|
||
'+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Notes:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'1. As in Standard C, up to three octal digits are accepted.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'2. Unlike in Standard C, exactly two hex digits are required.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'3. In a bytes literal, hexadecimal and octal escapes denote the\n'
|
||
' byte with the given value. In a string literal, these escapes\n'
|
||
' denote a Unicode character with the given value.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'4. Changed in version 3.3: Support for name aliases [1] has been\n'
|
||
' added.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'5. Exactly four hex digits are required.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'6. Any Unicode character can be encoded this way. Exactly eight\n'
|
||
' hex digits are required.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Unlike Standard C, all unrecognized escape sequences are left in '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'string unchanged, i.e., *the backslash is left in the result*. '
|
||
'(This\n'
|
||
'behavior is useful when debugging: if an escape sequence is '
|
||
'mistyped,\n'
|
||
'the resulting output is more easily recognized as broken.) It is '
|
||
'also\n'
|
||
'important to note that the escape sequences only recognized in '
|
||
'string\n'
|
||
'literals fall into the category of unrecognized escapes for '
|
||
'bytes\n'
|
||
'literals.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Changed in version 3.6: Unrecognized escape sequences produce '
|
||
'a\n'
|
||
' DeprecationWarning. In some future version of Python they '
|
||
'will be\n'
|
||
' a SyntaxError.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Even in a raw literal, quotes can be escaped with a backslash, '
|
||
'but the\n'
|
||
'backslash remains in the result; for example, "r"\\""" is a '
|
||
'valid\n'
|
||
'string literal consisting of two characters: a backslash and a '
|
||
'double\n'
|
||
'quote; "r"\\"" is not a valid string literal (even a raw string '
|
||
'cannot\n'
|
||
'end in an odd number of backslashes). Specifically, *a raw '
|
||
'literal\n'
|
||
'cannot end in a single backslash* (since the backslash would '
|
||
'escape\n'
|
||
'the following quote character). Note also that a single '
|
||
'backslash\n'
|
||
'followed by a newline is interpreted as those two characters as '
|
||
'part\n'
|
||
'of the literal, *not* as a line continuation.\n',
|
||
'subscriptions': 'Subscriptions\n'
|
||
'*************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A subscription selects an item of a sequence (string, tuple '
|
||
'or list)\n'
|
||
'or mapping (dictionary) object:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' subscription ::= primary "[" expression_list "]"\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The primary must evaluate to an object that supports '
|
||
'subscription\n'
|
||
'(lists or dictionaries for example). User-defined objects '
|
||
'can support\n'
|
||
'subscription by defining a "__getitem__()" method.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'For built-in objects, there are two types of objects that '
|
||
'support\n'
|
||
'subscription:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'If the primary is a mapping, the expression list must '
|
||
'evaluate to an\n'
|
||
'object whose value is one of the keys of the mapping, and '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'subscription selects the value in the mapping that '
|
||
'corresponds to that\n'
|
||
'key. (The expression list is a tuple except if it has '
|
||
'exactly one\n'
|
||
'item.)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'If the primary is a sequence, the expression list must '
|
||
'evaluate to an\n'
|
||
'integer or a slice (as discussed in the following '
|
||
'section).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The formal syntax makes no special provision for negative '
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'sequences; however, built-in sequences all provide a '
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'"__getitem__()"\n'
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'method that interprets negative indices by adding the '
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'length of the\n'
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'sequence to the index (so that "x[-1]" selects the last '
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'item of "x").\n'
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'The resulting value must be a nonnegative integer less than '
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'the number\n'
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'of items in the sequence, and the subscription selects the '
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'item whose\n'
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'index is that value (counting from zero). Since the support '
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'for\n'
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'negative indices and slicing occurs in the object’s '
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'"__getitem__()"\n'
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'method, subclasses overriding this method will need to '
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'explicitly add\n'
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'that support.\n'
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'\n'
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'A string’s items are characters. A character is not a '
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'truth': 'Truth Value Testing\n'
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'*******************\n'
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'\n'
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'Any object can be tested for truth value, for use in an "if" or\n'
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'"while" condition or as operand of the Boolean operations below.\n'
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'\n'
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'By default, an object is considered true unless its class defines\n'
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'either a "__bool__()" method that returns "False" or a "__len__()"\n'
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'method that returns zero, when called with the object. [1] Here '
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'most of the built-in objects considered false:\n'
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'\n'
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'* constants defined to be false: "None" and "False".\n'
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'\n'
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'* zero of any numeric type: "0", "0.0", "0j", "Decimal(0)",\n'
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' "Fraction(0, 1)"\n'
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'\n'
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'* empty sequences and collections: "\'\'", "()", "[]", "{}", '
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'"set()",\n'
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' "range(0)"\n'
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'\n'
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'Operations and built-in functions that have a Boolean result '
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'always\n'
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'return "0" or "False" for false and "1" or "True" for true, unless\n'
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'otherwise stated. (Important exception: the Boolean operations '
|
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'and "and" always return one of their operands.)\n',
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'try': 'The "try" statement\n'
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'*******************\n'
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'\n'
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'The "try" statement specifies exception handlers and/or cleanup code\n'
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'for a group of statements:\n'
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'\n'
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' try_stmt ::= try1_stmt | try2_stmt\n'
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' try1_stmt ::= "try" ":" suite\n'
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' ("except" [expression ["as" identifier]] ":" '
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' ["else" ":" suite]\n'
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' ["finally" ":" suite]\n'
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' try2_stmt ::= "try" ":" suite\n'
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'\n'
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'The "except" clause(s) specify one or more exception handlers. When '
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'no\n'
|
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'exception occurs in the "try" clause, no exception handler is\n'
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'executed. When an exception occurs in the "try" suite, a search for '
|
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'an\n'
|
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'exception handler is started. This search inspects the except '
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'clauses\n'
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'in turn until one is found that matches the exception. An '
|
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'expression-\n'
|
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'less except clause, if present, must be last; it matches any\n'
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'exception. For an except clause with an expression, that expression\n'
|
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'object is “compatible” with the exception. An object is compatible\n'
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'with an exception if it is the class or a base class of the '
|
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'exception\n'
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'object or a tuple containing an item compatible with the exception.\n'
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'\n'
|
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'If no except clause matches the exception, the search for an '
|
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'exception\n'
|
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|
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|
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'[1]\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
'If the evaluation of an expression in the header of an except clause\n'
|
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'raises an exception, the original search for a handler is canceled '
|
||
'and\n'
|
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'a search starts for the new exception in the surrounding code and on\n'
|
||
'the call stack (it is treated as if the entire "try" statement '
|
||
'raised\n'
|
||
'the exception).\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
'When a matching except clause is found, the exception is assigned to\n'
|
||
'the target specified after the "as" keyword in that except clause, '
|
||
'if\n'
|
||
'present, and the except clause’s suite is executed. All except\n'
|
||
'clauses must have an executable block. When the end of this block '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'(This means that if two nested handlers exist for the same '
|
||
'exception,\n'
|
||
'and the exception occurs in the try clause of the inner handler, the\n'
|
||
'outer handler will not handle the exception.)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'When an exception has been assigned using "as target", it is cleared\n'
|
||
'at the end of the except clause. This is as if\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' except E as N:\n'
|
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' foo\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'was translated to\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' except E as N:\n'
|
||
' try:\n'
|
||
' foo\n'
|
||
' finally:\n'
|
||
' del N\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'This means the exception must be assigned to a different name to be\n'
|
||
'able to refer to it after the except clause. Exceptions are cleared\n'
|
||
'because with the traceback attached to them, they form a reference\n'
|
||
'cycle with the stack frame, keeping all locals in that frame alive\n'
|
||
'until the next garbage collection occurs.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Before an except clause’s suite is executed, details about the\n'
|
||
'exception are stored in the "sys" module and can be accessed via\n'
|
||
'"sys.exc_info()". "sys.exc_info()" returns a 3-tuple consisting of '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'exception class, the exception instance and a traceback object (see\n'
|
||
'section The standard type hierarchy) identifying the point in the\n'
|
||
'program where the exception occurred. "sys.exc_info()" values are\n'
|
||
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|
||
'from a function that handled an exception.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The optional "else" clause is executed if the control flow leaves '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'"try" suite, no exception was raised, and no "return", "continue", '
|
||
'or\n'
|
||
'"break" statement was executed. Exceptions in the "else" clause are\n'
|
||
'not handled by the preceding "except" clauses.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'If "finally" is present, it specifies a ‘cleanup’ handler. The '
|
||
'"try"\n'
|
||
'clause is executed, including any "except" and "else" clauses. If '
|
||
'an\n'
|
||
'exception occurs in any of the clauses and is not handled, the\n'
|
||
'exception is temporarily saved. The "finally" clause is executed. '
|
||
'If\n'
|
||
'there is a saved exception it is re-raised at the end of the '
|
||
'"finally"\n'
|
||
'clause. If the "finally" clause raises another exception, the saved\n'
|
||
'exception is set as the context of the new exception. If the '
|
||
'"finally"\n'
|
||
'clause executes a "return" or "break" statement, the saved exception\n'
|
||
'is discarded:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> def f():\n'
|
||
' ... try:\n'
|
||
' ... 1/0\n'
|
||
' ... finally:\n'
|
||
' ... return 42\n'
|
||
' ...\n'
|
||
' >>> f()\n'
|
||
' 42\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The exception information is not available to the program during\n'
|
||
'execution of the "finally" clause.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'When a "return", "break" or "continue" statement is executed in the\n'
|
||
'"try" suite of a "try"…"finally" statement, the "finally" clause is\n'
|
||
'also executed ‘on the way out.’ A "continue" statement is illegal in\n'
|
||
'the "finally" clause. (The reason is a problem with the current\n'
|
||
'implementation — this restriction may be lifted in the future).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The return value of a function is determined by the last "return"\n'
|
||
'statement executed. Since the "finally" clause always executes, a\n'
|
||
'"return" statement executed in the "finally" clause will always be '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'last one executed:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> def foo():\n'
|
||
' ... try:\n'
|
||
" ... return 'try'\n"
|
||
' ... finally:\n'
|
||
" ... return 'finally'\n"
|
||
' ...\n'
|
||
' >>> foo()\n'
|
||
" 'finally'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Additional information on exceptions can be found in section\n'
|
||
'Exceptions, and information on using the "raise" statement to '
|
||
'generate\n'
|
||
'exceptions may be found in section The raise statement.\n',
|
||
'types': 'The standard type hierarchy\n'
|
||
'***************************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Below is a list of the types that are built into Python. '
|
||
'Extension\n'
|
||
'modules (written in C, Java, or other languages, depending on the\n'
|
||
'implementation) can define additional types. Future versions of\n'
|
||
'Python may add types to the type hierarchy (e.g., rational '
|
||
'numbers,\n'
|
||
'efficiently stored arrays of integers, etc.), although such '
|
||
'additions\n'
|
||
'will often be provided via the standard library instead.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Some of the type descriptions below contain a paragraph listing\n'
|
||
'‘special attributes.’ These are attributes that provide access to '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'implementation and are not intended for general use. Their '
|
||
'definition\n'
|
||
'may change in the future.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'None\n'
|
||
' This type has a single value. There is a single object with '
|
||
'this\n'
|
||
' value. This object is accessed through the built-in name "None". '
|
||
'It\n'
|
||
' is used to signify the absence of a value in many situations, '
|
||
'e.g.,\n'
|
||
' it is returned from functions that don’t explicitly return\n'
|
||
' anything. Its truth value is false.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'NotImplemented\n'
|
||
' This type has a single value. There is a single object with '
|
||
'this\n'
|
||
' value. This object is accessed through the built-in name\n'
|
||
' "NotImplemented". Numeric methods and rich comparison methods\n'
|
||
' should return this value if they do not implement the operation '
|
||
'for\n'
|
||
' the operands provided. (The interpreter will then try the\n'
|
||
' reflected operation, or some other fallback, depending on the\n'
|
||
' operator.) Its truth value is true.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' See Implementing the arithmetic operations for more details.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Ellipsis\n'
|
||
' This type has a single value. There is a single object with '
|
||
'this\n'
|
||
' value. This object is accessed through the literal "..." or the\n'
|
||
' built-in name "Ellipsis". Its truth value is true.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'"numbers.Number"\n'
|
||
' These are created by numeric literals and returned as results '
|
||
'by\n'
|
||
' arithmetic operators and arithmetic built-in functions. '
|
||
'Numeric\n'
|
||
' objects are immutable; once created their value never changes.\n'
|
||
' Python numbers are of course strongly related to mathematical\n'
|
||
' numbers, but subject to the limitations of numerical '
|
||
'representation\n'
|
||
' in computers.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Python distinguishes between integers, floating point numbers, '
|
||
'and\n'
|
||
' complex numbers:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' "numbers.Integral"\n'
|
||
' These represent elements from the mathematical set of '
|
||
'integers\n'
|
||
' (positive and negative).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' There are two types of integers:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Integers ("int")\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' These represent numbers in an unlimited range, subject to\n'
|
||
' available (virtual) memory only. For the purpose of '
|
||
'shift\n'
|
||
' and mask operations, a binary representation is assumed, '
|
||
'and\n'
|
||
' negative numbers are represented in a variant of 2’s\n'
|
||
' complement which gives the illusion of an infinite string '
|
||
'of\n'
|
||
' sign bits extending to the left.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Booleans ("bool")\n'
|
||
' These represent the truth values False and True. The two\n'
|
||
' objects representing the values "False" and "True" are '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' only Boolean objects. The Boolean type is a subtype of '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' integer type, and Boolean values behave like the values 0 '
|
||
'and\n'
|
||
' 1, respectively, in almost all contexts, the exception '
|
||
'being\n'
|
||
' that when converted to a string, the strings ""False"" or\n'
|
||
' ""True"" are returned, respectively.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The rules for integer representation are intended to give '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' most meaningful interpretation of shift and mask operations\n'
|
||
' involving negative integers.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' "numbers.Real" ("float")\n'
|
||
' These represent machine-level double precision floating '
|
||
'point\n'
|
||
' numbers. You are at the mercy of the underlying machine\n'
|
||
' architecture (and C or Java implementation) for the accepted\n'
|
||
' range and handling of overflow. Python does not support '
|
||
'single-\n'
|
||
' precision floating point numbers; the savings in processor '
|
||
'and\n'
|
||
' memory usage that are usually the reason for using these are\n'
|
||
' dwarfed by the overhead of using objects in Python, so there '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
' no reason to complicate the language with two kinds of '
|
||
'floating\n'
|
||
' point numbers.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' "numbers.Complex" ("complex")\n'
|
||
' These represent complex numbers as a pair of machine-level\n'
|
||
' double precision floating point numbers. The same caveats '
|
||
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|
||
' as for floating point numbers. The real and imaginary parts '
|
||
'of a\n'
|
||
' complex number "z" can be retrieved through the read-only\n'
|
||
' attributes "z.real" and "z.imag".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Sequences\n'
|
||
' These represent finite ordered sets indexed by non-negative\n'
|
||
' numbers. The built-in function "len()" returns the number of '
|
||
'items\n'
|
||
' of a sequence. When the length of a sequence is *n*, the index '
|
||
'set\n'
|
||
' contains the numbers 0, 1, …, *n*-1. Item *i* of sequence *a* '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
' selected by "a[i]".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Sequences also support slicing: "a[i:j]" selects all items with\n'
|
||
' index *k* such that *i* "<=" *k* "<" *j*. When used as an\n'
|
||
' expression, a slice is a sequence of the same type. This '
|
||
'implies\n'
|
||
' that the index set is renumbered so that it starts at 0.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Some sequences also support “extended slicing” with a third '
|
||
'“step”\n'
|
||
' parameter: "a[i:j:k]" selects all items of *a* with index *x* '
|
||
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|
||
' "x = i + n*k", *n* ">=" "0" and *i* "<=" *x* "<" *j*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Sequences are distinguished according to their mutability:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Immutable sequences\n'
|
||
' An object of an immutable sequence type cannot change once it '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
' created. (If the object contains references to other '
|
||
'objects,\n'
|
||
' these other objects may be mutable and may be changed; '
|
||
'however,\n'
|
||
' the collection of objects directly referenced by an '
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The following types are immutable sequences:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Strings\n'
|
||
' A string is a sequence of values that represent Unicode '
|
||
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|
||
' points. All the code points in the range "U+0000 - '
|
||
'U+10FFFF"\n'
|
||
' can be represented in a string. Python doesn’t have a '
|
||
'"char"\n'
|
||
' type; instead, every code point in the string is '
|
||
'represented\n'
|
||
' as a string object with length "1". The built-in '
|
||
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|
||
' "ord()" converts a code point from its string form to an\n'
|
||
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|
||
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|
||
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|
||
' "1" string object. "str.encode()" can be used to convert '
|
||
'a\n'
|
||
' "str" to "bytes" using the given text encoding, and\n'
|
||
' "bytes.decode()" can be used to achieve the opposite.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Tuples\n'
|
||
' The items of a tuple are arbitrary Python objects. Tuples '
|
||
'of\n'
|
||
' two or more items are formed by comma-separated lists of\n'
|
||
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|
||
' formed by affixing a comma to an expression (an expression '
|
||
'by\n'
|
||
' itself does not create a tuple, since parentheses must be\n'
|
||
' usable for grouping of expressions). An empty tuple can '
|
||
'be\n'
|
||
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|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Bytes\n'
|
||
' A bytes object is an immutable array. The items are '
|
||
'8-bit\n'
|
||
' bytes, represented by integers in the range 0 <= x < 256.\n'
|
||
' Bytes literals (like "b\'abc\'") and the built-in '
|
||
'"bytes()"\n'
|
||
' constructor can be used to create bytes objects. Also, '
|
||
'bytes\n'
|
||
' objects can be decoded to strings via the "decode()" '
|
||
'method.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Mutable sequences\n'
|
||
' Mutable sequences can be changed after they are created. '
|
||
'The\n'
|
||
' subscription and slicing notations can be used as the target '
|
||
'of\n'
|
||
' assignment and "del" (delete) statements.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' There are currently two intrinsic mutable sequence types:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Lists\n'
|
||
' The items of a list are arbitrary Python objects. Lists '
|
||
'are\n'
|
||
' formed by placing a comma-separated list of expressions '
|
||
'in\n'
|
||
' square brackets. (Note that there are no special cases '
|
||
'needed\n'
|
||
' to form lists of length 0 or 1.)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Byte Arrays\n'
|
||
' A bytearray object is a mutable array. They are created '
|
||
'by\n'
|
||
' the built-in "bytearray()" constructor. Aside from being\n'
|
||
' mutable (and hence unhashable), byte arrays otherwise '
|
||
'provide\n'
|
||
' the same interface and functionality as immutable "bytes"\n'
|
||
' objects.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The extension module "array" provides an additional example '
|
||
'of a\n'
|
||
' mutable sequence type, as does the "collections" module.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Set types\n'
|
||
' These represent unordered, finite sets of unique, immutable\n'
|
||
' objects. As such, they cannot be indexed by any subscript. '
|
||
'However,\n'
|
||
' they can be iterated over, and the built-in function "len()"\n'
|
||
' returns the number of items in a set. Common uses for sets are '
|
||
'fast\n'
|
||
' membership testing, removing duplicates from a sequence, and\n'
|
||
' computing mathematical operations such as intersection, union,\n'
|
||
' difference, and symmetric difference.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' For set elements, the same immutability rules apply as for\n'
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
||
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||
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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||
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
||
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
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||
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|
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|
||
' details on the C3 MRO used by Python can be found in the\n'
|
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|
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' When a class attribute reference (for class "C", say) would '
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|
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|
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|
||
' another way in which attributes retrieved from a class may '
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|
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'\n'
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' A class object can be called (see above) to yield a class '
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' (see below).\n'
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'\n'
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' Special attributes: "__name__" is the class name; "__module__" '
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'is\n'
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' the module name in which the class was defined; "__dict__" is '
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'the\n'
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' dictionary containing the class’s namespace; "__bases__" is a '
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'tuple\n'
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' containing the base classes, in the order of their occurrence '
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'in\n'
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' the base class list; "__doc__" is the class’s documentation '
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' or "None" if undefined; "__annotations__" (optional) is a\n'
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' dictionary containing *variable annotations* collected during '
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' body execution.\n'
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'\n'
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'Class instances\n'
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' A class instance is created by calling a class object (see '
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'above).\n'
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' A class instance has a namespace implemented as a dictionary '
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'which\n'
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' is the first place in which attribute references are searched.\n'
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' When an attribute is not found there, and the instance’s class '
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' an attribute by that name, the search continues with the class\n'
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' attributes. If a class attribute is found that is a '
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' function object, it is transformed into an instance method '
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'object\n'
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' whose "__self__" attribute is the instance. Static method and\n'
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' class method objects are also transformed; see above under\n'
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' “Classes”. See section Implementing Descriptors for another way '
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'in\n'
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' which attributes of a class retrieved via its instances may '
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'differ\n'
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' from the objects actually stored in the class’s "__dict__". If '
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'no\n'
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' class attribute is found, and the object’s class has a\n'
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' "__getattr__()" method, that is called to satisfy the lookup.\n'
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'\n'
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' Attribute assignments and deletions update the instance’s\n'
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' dictionary, never a class’s dictionary. If the class has a\n'
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' "__setattr__()" or "__delattr__()" method, this is called '
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'instead\n'
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' of updating the instance dictionary directly.\n'
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'\n'
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' Class instances can pretend to be numbers, sequences, or '
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' if they have methods with certain special names. See section\n'
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' Special method names.\n'
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'\n'
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' Special attributes: "__dict__" is the attribute dictionary;\n'
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' "__class__" is the instance’s class.\n'
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'\n'
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'I/O objects (also known as file objects)\n'
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' A *file object* represents an open file. Various shortcuts are\n'
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' available to create file objects: the "open()" built-in '
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'function,\n'
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' and also "os.popen()", "os.fdopen()", and the "makefile()" '
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'method\n'
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' of socket objects (and perhaps by other functions or methods\n'
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' provided by extension modules).\n'
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'\n'
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' The objects "sys.stdin", "sys.stdout" and "sys.stderr" are\n'
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' initialized to file objects corresponding to the interpreter’s\n'
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' standard input, output and error streams; they are all open in '
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'text\n'
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' mode and therefore follow the interface defined by the\n'
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' "io.TextIOBase" abstract class.\n'
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'\n'
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'Internal types\n'
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' A few types used internally by the interpreter are exposed to '
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'the\n'
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' user. Their definitions may change with future versions of the\n'
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' interpreter, but they are mentioned here for completeness.\n'
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'\n'
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' Code objects\n'
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' Code objects represent *byte-compiled* executable Python '
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'code,\n'
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' or *bytecode*. The difference between a code object and a\n'
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' function object is that the function object contains an '
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'explicit\n'
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' reference to the function’s globals (the module in which it '
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'was\n'
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' defined), while a code object contains no context; also the\n'
|
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' default argument values are stored in the function object, '
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'not\n'
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' in the code object (because they represent values calculated '
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'at\n'
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' run-time). Unlike function objects, code objects are '
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'immutable\n'
|
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' and contain no references (directly or indirectly) to '
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'mutable\n'
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' objects.\n'
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'\n'
|
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' Special read-only attributes: "co_name" gives the function '
|
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'name;\n'
|
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' "co_argcount" is the number of positional arguments '
|
||
'(including\n'
|
||
' arguments with default values); "co_nlocals" is the number '
|
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'of\n'
|
||
' local variables used by the function (including arguments);\n'
|
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' "co_varnames" is a tuple containing the names of the local\n'
|
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' variables (starting with the argument names); "co_cellvars" '
|
||
'is a\n'
|
||
' tuple containing the names of local variables that are\n'
|
||
' referenced by nested functions; "co_freevars" is a tuple\n'
|
||
' containing the names of free variables; "co_code" is a '
|
||
'string\n'
|
||
' representing the sequence of bytecode instructions; '
|
||
'"co_consts"\n'
|
||
' is a tuple containing the literals used by the bytecode;\n'
|
||
' "co_names" is a tuple containing the names used by the '
|
||
'bytecode;\n'
|
||
' "co_filename" is the filename from which the code was '
|
||
'compiled;\n'
|
||
' "co_firstlineno" is the first line number of the function;\n'
|
||
' "co_lnotab" is a string encoding the mapping from bytecode\n'
|
||
' offsets to line numbers (for details see the source code of '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' interpreter); "co_stacksize" is the required stack size\n'
|
||
' (including local variables); "co_flags" is an integer '
|
||
'encoding a\n'
|
||
' number of flags for the interpreter.\n'
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'\n'
|
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' The following flag bits are defined for "co_flags": bit '
|
||
'"0x04"\n'
|
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' is set if the function uses the "*arguments" syntax to accept '
|
||
'an\n'
|
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' arbitrary number of positional arguments; bit "0x08" is set '
|
||
'if\n'
|
||
' the function uses the "**keywords" syntax to accept '
|
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'arbitrary\n'
|
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' keyword arguments; bit "0x20" is set if the function is a\n'
|
||
' generator.\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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' Future feature declarations ("from __future__ import '
|
||
'division")\n'
|
||
' also use bits in "co_flags" to indicate whether a code '
|
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'object\n'
|
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' was compiled with a particular feature enabled: bit "0x2000" '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
' set if the function was compiled with future division '
|
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|
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' bits "0x10" and "0x1000" were used in earlier versions of\n'
|
||
' Python.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Other bits in "co_flags" are reserved for internal use.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If a code object represents a function, the first item in\n'
|
||
' "co_consts" is the documentation string of the function, or\n'
|
||
' "None" if undefined.\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
' Frame objects\n'
|
||
' Frame objects represent execution frames. They may occur in\n'
|
||
' traceback objects (see below), and are also passed to '
|
||
'registered\n'
|
||
' trace functions.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Special read-only attributes: "f_back" is to the previous '
|
||
'stack\n'
|
||
' frame (towards the caller), or "None" if this is the bottom\n'
|
||
' stack frame; "f_code" is the code object being executed in '
|
||
'this\n'
|
||
' frame; "f_locals" is the dictionary used to look up local\n'
|
||
' variables; "f_globals" is used for global variables;\n'
|
||
' "f_builtins" is used for built-in (intrinsic) names; '
|
||
'"f_lasti"\n'
|
||
' gives the precise instruction (this is an index into the\n'
|
||
' bytecode string of the code object).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Special writable attributes: "f_trace", if not "None", is a\n'
|
||
' function called for various events during code execution '
|
||
'(this\n'
|
||
' is used by the debugger). Normally an event is triggered for\n'
|
||
' each new source line - this can be disabled by setting\n'
|
||
' "f_trace_lines" to "False".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Implementations *may* allow per-opcode events to be requested '
|
||
'by\n'
|
||
' setting "f_trace_opcodes" to "True". Note that this may lead '
|
||
'to\n'
|
||
' undefined interpreter behaviour if exceptions raised by the\n'
|
||
' trace function escape to the function being traced.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' "f_lineno" is the current line number of the frame — writing '
|
||
'to\n'
|
||
' this from within a trace function jumps to the given line '
|
||
'(only\n'
|
||
' for the bottom-most frame). A debugger can implement a Jump\n'
|
||
' command (aka Set Next Statement) by writing to f_lineno.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Frame objects support one method:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' frame.clear()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' This method clears all references to local variables held '
|
||
'by\n'
|
||
' the frame. Also, if the frame belonged to a generator, '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' generator is finalized. This helps break reference '
|
||
'cycles\n'
|
||
' involving frame objects (for example when catching an\n'
|
||
' exception and storing its traceback for later use).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' "RuntimeError" is raised if the frame is currently '
|
||
'executing.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' New in version 3.4.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Traceback objects\n'
|
||
' Traceback objects represent a stack trace of an exception. '
|
||
'A\n'
|
||
' traceback object is implicitly created when an exception '
|
||
'occurs,\n'
|
||
' and may also be explicitly created by calling\n'
|
||
' "types.TracebackType".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' For implicitly created tracebacks, when the search for an\n'
|
||
' exception handler unwinds the execution stack, at each '
|
||
'unwound\n'
|
||
' level a traceback object is inserted in front of the current\n'
|
||
' traceback. When an exception handler is entered, the stack\n'
|
||
' trace is made available to the program. (See section The try\n'
|
||
' statement.) It is accessible as the third item of the tuple\n'
|
||
' returned by "sys.exc_info()", and as the "__traceback__"\n'
|
||
' attribute of the caught exception.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' When the program contains no suitable handler, the stack '
|
||
'trace\n'
|
||
' is written (nicely formatted) to the standard error stream; '
|
||
'if\n'
|
||
' the interpreter is interactive, it is also made available to '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' user as "sys.last_traceback".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' For explicitly created tracebacks, it is up to the creator '
|
||
'of\n'
|
||
' the traceback to determine how the "tb_next" attributes '
|
||
'should\n'
|
||
' be linked to form a full stack trace.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Special read-only attributes: "tb_frame" points to the '
|
||
'execution\n'
|
||
' frame of the current level; "tb_lineno" gives the line '
|
||
'number\n'
|
||
' where the exception occurred; "tb_lasti" indicates the '
|
||
'precise\n'
|
||
' instruction. The line number and last instruction in the\n'
|
||
' traceback may differ from the line number of its frame object '
|
||
'if\n'
|
||
' the exception occurred in a "try" statement with no matching\n'
|
||
' except clause or with a finally clause.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Special writable attribute: "tb_next" is the next level in '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' stack trace (towards the frame where the exception occurred), '
|
||
'or\n'
|
||
' "None" if there is no next level.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Changed in version 3.7: Traceback objects can now be '
|
||
'explicitly\n'
|
||
' instantiated from Python code, and the "tb_next" attribute '
|
||
'of\n'
|
||
' existing instances can be updated.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Slice objects\n'
|
||
' Slice objects are used to represent slices for '
|
||
'"__getitem__()"\n'
|
||
' methods. They are also created by the built-in "slice()"\n'
|
||
' function.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Special read-only attributes: "start" is the lower bound; '
|
||
'"stop"\n'
|
||
' is the upper bound; "step" is the step value; each is "None" '
|
||
'if\n'
|
||
' omitted. These attributes can have any type.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Slice objects support one method:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' slice.indices(self, length)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' This method takes a single integer argument *length* and\n'
|
||
' computes information about the slice that the slice '
|
||
'object\n'
|
||
' would describe if applied to a sequence of *length* '
|
||
'items.\n'
|
||
' It returns a tuple of three integers; respectively these '
|
||
'are\n'
|
||
' the *start* and *stop* indices and the *step* or stride\n'
|
||
' length of the slice. Missing or out-of-bounds indices are\n'
|
||
' handled in a manner consistent with regular slices.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Static method objects\n'
|
||
' Static method objects provide a way of defeating the\n'
|
||
' transformation of function objects to method objects '
|
||
'described\n'
|
||
' above. A static method object is a wrapper around any other\n'
|
||
' object, usually a user-defined method object. When a static\n'
|
||
' method object is retrieved from a class or a class instance, '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' object actually returned is the wrapped object, which is not\n'
|
||
' subject to any further transformation. Static method objects '
|
||
'are\n'
|
||
' not themselves callable, although the objects they wrap '
|
||
'usually\n'
|
||
' are. Static method objects are created by the built-in\n'
|
||
' "staticmethod()" constructor.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Class method objects\n'
|
||
' A class method object, like a static method object, is a '
|
||
'wrapper\n'
|
||
' around another object that alters the way in which that '
|
||
'object\n'
|
||
' is retrieved from classes and class instances. The behaviour '
|
||
'of\n'
|
||
' class method objects upon such retrieval is described above,\n'
|
||
' under “User-defined methods”. Class method objects are '
|
||
'created\n'
|
||
' by the built-in "classmethod()" constructor.\n',
|
||
'typesfunctions': 'Functions\n'
|
||
'*********\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Function objects are created by function definitions. The '
|
||
'only\n'
|
||
'operation on a function object is to call it: '
|
||
'"func(argument-list)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'There are really two flavors of function objects: built-in '
|
||
'functions\n'
|
||
'and user-defined functions. Both support the same '
|
||
'operation (to call\n'
|
||
'the function), but the implementation is different, hence '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'different object types.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See Function definitions for more information.\n',
|
||
'typesmapping': 'Mapping Types — "dict"\n'
|
||
'**********************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A *mapping* object maps *hashable* values to arbitrary '
|
||
'objects.\n'
|
||
'Mappings are mutable objects. There is currently only one '
|
||
'standard\n'
|
||
'mapping type, the *dictionary*. (For other containers see '
|
||
'the built-\n'
|
||
'in "list", "set", and "tuple" classes, and the "collections" '
|
||
'module.)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A dictionary’s keys are *almost* arbitrary values. Values '
|
||
'that are\n'
|
||
'not *hashable*, that is, values containing lists, '
|
||
'dictionaries or\n'
|
||
'other mutable types (that are compared by value rather than '
|
||
'by object\n'
|
||
'identity) may not be used as keys. Numeric types used for '
|
||
'keys obey\n'
|
||
'the normal rules for numeric comparison: if two numbers '
|
||
'compare equal\n'
|
||
'(such as "1" and "1.0") then they can be used '
|
||
'interchangeably to index\n'
|
||
'the same dictionary entry. (Note however, that since '
|
||
'computers store\n'
|
||
'floating-point numbers as approximations it is usually '
|
||
'unwise to use\n'
|
||
'them as dictionary keys.)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Dictionaries can be created by placing a comma-separated '
|
||
'list of "key:\n'
|
||
'value" pairs within braces, for example: "{\'jack\': 4098, '
|
||
"'sjoerd':\n"
|
||
'4127}" or "{4098: \'jack\', 4127: \'sjoerd\'}", or by the '
|
||
'"dict"\n'
|
||
'constructor.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'class dict(**kwarg)\n'
|
||
'class dict(mapping, **kwarg)\n'
|
||
'class dict(iterable, **kwarg)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a new dictionary initialized from an optional '
|
||
'positional\n'
|
||
' argument and a possibly empty set of keyword arguments.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If no positional argument is given, an empty dictionary '
|
||
'is created.\n'
|
||
' If a positional argument is given and it is a mapping '
|
||
'object, a\n'
|
||
' dictionary is created with the same key-value pairs as '
|
||
'the mapping\n'
|
||
' object. Otherwise, the positional argument must be an '
|
||
'*iterable*\n'
|
||
' object. Each item in the iterable must itself be an '
|
||
'iterable with\n'
|
||
' exactly two objects. The first object of each item '
|
||
'becomes a key\n'
|
||
' in the new dictionary, and the second object the '
|
||
'corresponding\n'
|
||
' value. If a key occurs more than once, the last value '
|
||
'for that key\n'
|
||
' becomes the corresponding value in the new dictionary.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If keyword arguments are given, the keyword arguments and '
|
||
'their\n'
|
||
' values are added to the dictionary created from the '
|
||
'positional\n'
|
||
' argument. If a key being added is already present, the '
|
||
'value from\n'
|
||
' the keyword argument replaces the value from the '
|
||
'positional\n'
|
||
' argument.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' To illustrate, the following examples all return a '
|
||
'dictionary equal\n'
|
||
' to "{"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3}":\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> a = dict(one=1, two=2, three=3)\n'
|
||
" >>> b = {'one': 1, 'two': 2, 'three': 3}\n"
|
||
" >>> c = dict(zip(['one', 'two', 'three'], [1, 2, 3]))\n"
|
||
" >>> d = dict([('two', 2), ('one', 1), ('three', 3)])\n"
|
||
" >>> e = dict({'three': 3, 'one': 1, 'two': 2})\n"
|
||
' >>> a == b == c == d == e\n'
|
||
' True\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Providing keyword arguments as in the first example only '
|
||
'works for\n'
|
||
' keys that are valid Python identifiers. Otherwise, any '
|
||
'valid keys\n'
|
||
' can be used.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' These are the operations that dictionaries support (and '
|
||
'therefore,\n'
|
||
' custom mapping types should support too):\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' len(d)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return the number of items in the dictionary *d*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' d[key]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return the item of *d* with key *key*. Raises a '
|
||
'"KeyError" if\n'
|
||
' *key* is not in the map.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If a subclass of dict defines a method "__missing__()" '
|
||
'and *key*\n'
|
||
' is not present, the "d[key]" operation calls that '
|
||
'method with\n'
|
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' the key *key* as argument. The "d[key]" operation '
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'then returns\n'
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' or raises whatever is returned or raised by the\n'
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' "__missing__(key)" call. No other operations or '
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'methods invoke\n'
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' "__missing__()". If "__missing__()" is not defined, '
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'"KeyError"\n'
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' is raised. "__missing__()" must be a method; it cannot '
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'be an\n'
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' instance variable:\n'
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'\n'
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' >>> class Counter(dict):\n'
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' ... def __missing__(self, key):\n'
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' ... return 0\n'
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' >>> c = Counter()\n'
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" >>> c['red']\n"
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' 0\n'
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" >>> c['red'] += 1\n"
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" >>> c['red']\n"
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' 1\n'
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'\n'
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' The example above shows part of the implementation of\n'
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' "collections.Counter". A different "__missing__" '
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'method is used\n'
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' by "collections.defaultdict".\n'
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'\n'
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' d[key] = value\n'
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'\n'
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' Set "d[key]" to *value*.\n'
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'\n'
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' del d[key]\n'
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'\n'
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' Remove "d[key]" from *d*. Raises a "KeyError" if '
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'*key* is not\n'
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' in the map.\n'
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'\n'
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' key in d\n'
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'\n'
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' Return "True" if *d* has a key *key*, else "False".\n'
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'\n'
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' key not in d\n'
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'\n'
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' Equivalent to "not key in d".\n'
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'\n'
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' iter(d)\n'
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'\n'
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' Return an iterator over the keys of the dictionary. '
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'This is a\n'
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' shortcut for "iter(d.keys())".\n'
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'\n'
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' clear()\n'
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'\n'
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' Remove all items from the dictionary.\n'
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'\n'
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' copy()\n'
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'\n'
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' Return a shallow copy of the dictionary.\n'
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'\n'
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' classmethod fromkeys(seq[, value])\n'
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'\n'
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' Create a new dictionary with keys from *seq* and '
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'values set to\n'
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' *value*.\n'
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'\n'
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' "fromkeys()" is a class method that returns a new '
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'dictionary.\n'
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' *value* defaults to "None".\n'
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'\n'
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' get(key[, default])\n'
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'\n'
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' Return the value for *key* if *key* is in the '
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'dictionary, else\n'
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' *default*. If *default* is not given, it defaults to '
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'"None", so\n'
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' that this method never raises a "KeyError".\n'
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'\n'
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' items()\n'
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'\n'
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' Return a new view of the dictionary’s items ("(key, '
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'value)"\n'
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' pairs). See the documentation of view objects.\n'
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'\n'
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' keys()\n'
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'\n'
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' Return a new view of the dictionary’s keys. See the\n'
|
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' documentation of view objects.\n'
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'\n'
|
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' pop(key[, default])\n'
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'\n'
|
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' If *key* is in the dictionary, remove it and return '
|
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'its value,\n'
|
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' else return *default*. If *default* is not given and '
|
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'*key* is\n'
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' not in the dictionary, a "KeyError" is raised.\n'
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'\n'
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' popitem()\n'
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'\n'
|
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' Remove and return a "(key, value)" pair from the '
|
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'dictionary.\n'
|
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' Pairs are returned in LIFO (last-in, first-out) '
|
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'order.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' "popitem()" is useful to destructively iterate over a\n'
|
||
' dictionary, as often used in set algorithms. If the '
|
||
'dictionary\n'
|
||
' is empty, calling "popitem()" raises a "KeyError".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Changed in version 3.7: LIFO order is now guaranteed. '
|
||
'In prior\n'
|
||
' versions, "popitem()" would return an arbitrary '
|
||
'key/value pair.\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
' setdefault(key[, default])\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
' If *key* is in the dictionary, return its value. If '
|
||
'not, insert\n'
|
||
' *key* with a value of *default* and return *default*. '
|
||
'*default*\n'
|
||
' defaults to "None".\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
' update([other])\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
' Update the dictionary with the key/value pairs from '
|
||
'*other*,\n'
|
||
' overwriting existing keys. Return "None".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' "update()" accepts either another dictionary object or '
|
||
'an\n'
|
||
' iterable of key/value pairs (as tuples or other '
|
||
'iterables of\n'
|
||
' length two). If keyword arguments are specified, the '
|
||
'dictionary\n'
|
||
' is then updated with those key/value pairs: '
|
||
'"d.update(red=1,\n'
|
||
' blue=2)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' values()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return a new view of the dictionary’s values. See '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' documentation of view objects.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Dictionaries compare equal if and only if they have the '
|
||
'same "(key,\n'
|
||
' value)" pairs. Order comparisons (‘<’, ‘<=’, ‘>=’, ‘>’) '
|
||
'raise\n'
|
||
' "TypeError".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Dictionaries preserve insertion order. Note that '
|
||
'updating a key\n'
|
||
' does not affect the order. Keys added after deletion are '
|
||
'inserted\n'
|
||
' at the end.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> d = {"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3, "four": 4}\n'
|
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' >>> d\n'
|
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" {'one': 1, 'two': 2, 'three': 3, 'four': 4}\n"
|
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' >>> list(d)\n'
|
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" ['one', 'two', 'three', 'four']\n"
|
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' >>> list(d.values())\n'
|
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' [1, 2, 3, 4]\n'
|
||
' >>> d["one"] = 42\n'
|
||
' >>> d\n'
|
||
" {'one': 42, 'two': 2, 'three': 3, 'four': 4}\n"
|
||
' >>> del d["two"]\n'
|
||
' >>> d["two"] = None\n'
|
||
' >>> d\n'
|
||
" {'one': 42, 'three': 3, 'four': 4, 'two': None}\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Changed in version 3.7: Dictionary order is guaranteed to '
|
||
'be\n'
|
||
' insertion order. This behavior was an implementation '
|
||
'detail of\n'
|
||
' CPython from 3.6.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See also: "types.MappingProxyType" can be used to create a '
|
||
'read-only\n'
|
||
' view of a "dict".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Dictionary view objects\n'
|
||
'=======================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The objects returned by "dict.keys()", "dict.values()" and\n'
|
||
'"dict.items()" are *view objects*. They provide a dynamic '
|
||
'view on the\n'
|
||
'dictionary’s entries, which means that when the dictionary '
|
||
'changes,\n'
|
||
'the view reflects these changes.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Dictionary views can be iterated over to yield their '
|
||
'respective data,\n'
|
||
'and support membership tests:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'len(dictview)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return the number of entries in the dictionary.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'iter(dictview)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return an iterator over the keys, values or items '
|
||
'(represented as\n'
|
||
' tuples of "(key, value)") in the dictionary.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Keys and values are iterated over in insertion order. '
|
||
'This allows\n'
|
||
' the creation of "(value, key)" pairs using "zip()": '
|
||
'"pairs =\n'
|
||
' zip(d.values(), d.keys())". Another way to create the '
|
||
'same list is\n'
|
||
' "pairs = [(v, k) for (k, v) in d.items()]".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Iterating views while adding or deleting entries in the '
|
||
'dictionary\n'
|
||
' may raise a "RuntimeError" or fail to iterate over all '
|
||
'entries.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Changed in version 3.7: Dictionary order is guaranteed to '
|
||
'be\n'
|
||
' insertion order.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'x in dictview\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Return "True" if *x* is in the underlying dictionary’s '
|
||
'keys, values\n'
|
||
' or items (in the latter case, *x* should be a "(key, '
|
||
'value)"\n'
|
||
' tuple).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Keys views are set-like since their entries are unique and '
|
||
'hashable.\n'
|
||
'If all values are hashable, so that "(key, value)" pairs are '
|
||
'unique\n'
|
||
'and hashable, then the items view is also set-like. (Values '
|
||
'views are\n'
|
||
'not treated as set-like since the entries are generally not '
|
||
'unique.)\n'
|
||
'For set-like views, all of the operations defined for the '
|
||
'abstract\n'
|
||
'base class "collections.abc.Set" are available (for example, '
|
||
'"==",\n'
|
||
'"<", or "^").\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'An example of dictionary view usage:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
" >>> dishes = {'eggs': 2, 'sausage': 1, 'bacon': 1, "
|
||
"'spam': 500}\n"
|
||
' >>> keys = dishes.keys()\n'
|
||
' >>> values = dishes.values()\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> # iteration\n'
|
||
' >>> n = 0\n'
|
||
' >>> for val in values:\n'
|
||
' ... n += val\n'
|
||
' >>> print(n)\n'
|
||
' 504\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> # keys and values are iterated over in the same order '
|
||
'(insertion order)\n'
|
||
' >>> list(keys)\n'
|
||
" ['eggs', 'sausage', 'bacon', 'spam']\n"
|
||
' >>> list(values)\n'
|
||
' [2, 1, 1, 500]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> # view objects are dynamic and reflect dict changes\n'
|
||
" >>> del dishes['eggs']\n"
|
||
" >>> del dishes['sausage']\n"
|
||
' >>> list(keys)\n'
|
||
" ['bacon', 'spam']\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> # set operations\n'
|
||
" >>> keys & {'eggs', 'bacon', 'salad'}\n"
|
||
" {'bacon'}\n"
|
||
" >>> keys ^ {'sausage', 'juice'}\n"
|
||
" {'juice', 'sausage', 'bacon', 'spam'}\n",
|
||
'typesmethods': 'Methods\n'
|
||
'*******\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Methods are functions that are called using the attribute '
|
||
'notation.\n'
|
||
'There are two flavors: built-in methods (such as "append()" '
|
||
'on lists)\n'
|
||
'and class instance methods. Built-in methods are described '
|
||
'with the\n'
|
||
'types that support them.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'If you access a method (a function defined in a class '
|
||
'namespace)\n'
|
||
'through an instance, you get a special object: a *bound '
|
||
'method* (also\n'
|
||
'called *instance method*) object. When called, it will add '
|
||
'the "self"\n'
|
||
'argument to the argument list. Bound methods have two '
|
||
'special read-\n'
|
||
'only attributes: "m.__self__" is the object on which the '
|
||
'method\n'
|
||
'operates, and "m.__func__" is the function implementing the '
|
||
'method.\n'
|
||
'Calling "m(arg-1, arg-2, ..., arg-n)" is completely '
|
||
'equivalent to\n'
|
||
'calling "m.__func__(m.__self__, arg-1, arg-2, ..., arg-n)".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Like function objects, bound method objects support getting '
|
||
'arbitrary\n'
|
||
'attributes. However, since method attributes are actually '
|
||
'stored on\n'
|
||
'the underlying function object ("meth.__func__"), setting '
|
||
'method\n'
|
||
'attributes on bound methods is disallowed. Attempting to '
|
||
'set an\n'
|
||
'attribute on a method results in an "AttributeError" being '
|
||
'raised. In\n'
|
||
'order to set a method attribute, you need to explicitly set '
|
||
'it on the\n'
|
||
'underlying function object:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' >>> class C:\n'
|
||
' ... def method(self):\n'
|
||
' ... pass\n'
|
||
' ...\n'
|
||
' >>> c = C()\n'
|
||
" >>> c.method.whoami = 'my name is method' # can't set on "
|
||
'the method\n'
|
||
' Traceback (most recent call last):\n'
|
||
' File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>\n'
|
||
" AttributeError: 'method' object has no attribute "
|
||
"'whoami'\n"
|
||
" >>> c.method.__func__.whoami = 'my name is method'\n"
|
||
' >>> c.method.whoami\n'
|
||
" 'my name is method'\n"
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See The standard type hierarchy for more information.\n',
|
||
'typesmodules': 'Modules\n'
|
||
'*******\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The only special operation on a module is attribute access: '
|
||
'"m.name",\n'
|
||
'where *m* is a module and *name* accesses a name defined in '
|
||
'*m*’s\n'
|
||
'symbol table. Module attributes can be assigned to. (Note '
|
||
'that the\n'
|
||
'"import" statement is not, strictly speaking, an operation '
|
||
'on a module\n'
|
||
'object; "import foo" does not require a module object named '
|
||
'*foo* to\n'
|
||
'exist, rather it requires an (external) *definition* for a '
|
||
'module\n'
|
||
'named *foo* somewhere.)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A special attribute of every module is "__dict__". This is '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'dictionary containing the module’s symbol table. Modifying '
|
||
'this\n'
|
||
'dictionary will actually change the module’s symbol table, '
|
||
'but direct\n'
|
||
'assignment to the "__dict__" attribute is not possible (you '
|
||
'can write\n'
|
||
'"m.__dict__[\'a\'] = 1", which defines "m.a" to be "1", but '
|
||
'you can’t\n'
|
||
'write "m.__dict__ = {}"). Modifying "__dict__" directly is '
|
||
'not\n'
|
||
'recommended.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Modules built into the interpreter are written like this: '
|
||
'"<module\n'
|
||
'\'sys\' (built-in)>". If loaded from a file, they are '
|
||
'written as\n'
|
||
'"<module \'os\' from '
|
||
'\'/usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y/os.pyc\'>".\n',
|
||
'typesseq': 'Sequence Types — "list", "tuple", "range"\n'
|
||
'*****************************************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'There are three basic sequence types: lists, tuples, and range\n'
|
||
'objects. Additional sequence types tailored for processing of '
|
||
'binary\n'
|
||
'data and text strings are described in dedicated sections.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Common Sequence Operations\n'
|
||
'==========================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The operations in the following table are supported by most '
|
||
'sequence\n'
|
||
'types, both mutable and immutable. The '
|
||
'"collections.abc.Sequence" ABC\n'
|
||
'is provided to make it easier to correctly implement these '
|
||
'operations\n'
|
||
'on custom sequence types.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'This table lists the sequence operations sorted in ascending '
|
||
'priority.\n'
|
||
'In the table, *s* and *t* are sequences of the same type, *n*, '
|
||
'*i*,\n'
|
||
'*j* and *k* are integers and *x* is an arbitrary object that '
|
||
'meets any\n'
|
||
'type and value restrictions imposed by *s*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "in" and "not in" operations have the same priorities as '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'comparison operations. The "+" (concatenation) and "*" '
|
||
'(repetition)\n'
|
||
'operations have the same priority as the corresponding numeric\n'
|
||
'operations. [3]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'+----------------------------+----------------------------------+------------+\n'
|
||
'| Operation | Result '
|
||
'| Notes |\n'
|
||
'+============================+==================================+============+\n'
|
||
'| "x in s" | "True" if an item of *s* is '
|
||
'| (1) |\n'
|
||
'| | equal to *x*, else "False" '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+----------------------------+----------------------------------+------------+\n'
|
||
'| "x not in s" | "False" if an item of *s* is '
|
||
'| (1) |\n'
|
||
'| | equal to *x*, else "True" '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+----------------------------+----------------------------------+------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s + t" | the concatenation of *s* and *t* '
|
||
'| (6)(7) |\n'
|
||
'+----------------------------+----------------------------------+------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s * n" or "n * s" | equivalent to adding *s* to '
|
||
'| (2)(7) |\n'
|
||
'| | itself *n* times '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+----------------------------+----------------------------------+------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s[i]" | *i*th item of *s*, origin 0 '
|
||
'| (3) |\n'
|
||
'+----------------------------+----------------------------------+------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s[i:j]" | slice of *s* from *i* to *j* '
|
||
'| (3)(4) |\n'
|
||
'+----------------------------+----------------------------------+------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s[i:j:k]" | slice of *s* from *i* to *j* '
|
||
'| (3)(5) |\n'
|
||
'| | with step *k* '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+----------------------------+----------------------------------+------------+\n'
|
||
'| "len(s)" | length of *s* '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+----------------------------+----------------------------------+------------+\n'
|
||
'| "min(s)" | smallest item of *s* '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+----------------------------+----------------------------------+------------+\n'
|
||
'| "max(s)" | largest item of *s* '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+----------------------------+----------------------------------+------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.index(x[, i[, j]])" | index of the first occurrence of '
|
||
'| (8) |\n'
|
||
'| | *x* in *s* (at or after index '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'| | *i* and before index *j*) '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+----------------------------+----------------------------------+------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.count(x)" | total number of occurrences of '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'| | *x* in *s* '
|
||
'| |\n'
|
||
'+----------------------------+----------------------------------+------------+\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Sequences of the same type also support comparisons. In '
|
||
'particular,\n'
|
||
'tuples and lists are compared lexicographically by comparing\n'
|
||
'corresponding elements. This means that to compare equal, every\n'
|
||
'element must compare equal and the two sequences must be of the '
|
||
'same\n'
|
||
'type and have the same length. (For full details see '
|
||
'Comparisons in\n'
|
||
'the language reference.)\n'
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'\n'
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'Notes:\n'
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'\n'
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'1. While the "in" and "not in" operations are used only for '
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'simple\n'
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' containment testing in the general case, some specialised '
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'sequences\n'
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' (such as "str", "bytes" and "bytearray") also use them for\n'
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' subsequence testing:\n'
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'\n'
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' >>> "gg" in "eggs"\n'
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' True\n'
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'\n'
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'2. Values of *n* less than "0" are treated as "0" (which yields '
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'an\n'
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' empty sequence of the same type as *s*). Note that items in '
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'the\n'
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' sequence *s* are not copied; they are referenced multiple '
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'times.\n'
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' This often haunts new Python programmers; consider:\n'
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'\n'
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' >>> lists = [[]] * 3\n'
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' >>> lists\n'
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' [[], [], []]\n'
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' >>> lists[0].append(3)\n'
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' >>> lists\n'
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' [[3], [3], [3]]\n'
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'\n'
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' What has happened is that "[[]]" is a one-element list '
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'containing\n'
|
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' an empty list, so all three elements of "[[]] * 3" are '
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'references\n'
|
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' to this single empty list. Modifying any of the elements of\n'
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' "lists" modifies this single list. You can create a list of\n'
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' different lists this way:\n'
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'\n'
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' >>> lists = [[] for i in range(3)]\n'
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' >>> lists[0].append(3)\n'
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' >>> lists[1].append(5)\n'
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' >>> lists[2].append(7)\n'
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' >>> lists\n'
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' [[3], [5], [7]]\n'
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'\n'
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' Further explanation is available in the FAQ entry How do I '
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'create a\n'
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' multidimensional list?.\n'
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'\n'
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'3. If *i* or *j* is negative, the index is relative to the end '
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'of\n'
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' sequence *s*: "len(s) + i" or "len(s) + j" is substituted. '
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'But\n'
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' note that "-0" is still "0".\n'
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'\n'
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'4. The slice of *s* from *i* to *j* is defined as the sequence '
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'of\n'
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' items with index *k* such that "i <= k < j". If *i* or *j* '
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'is\n'
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' greater than "len(s)", use "len(s)". If *i* is omitted or '
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'"None",\n'
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' use "0". If *j* is omitted or "None", use "len(s)". If *i* '
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'is\n'
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' greater than or equal to *j*, the slice is empty.\n'
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'\n'
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'5. The slice of *s* from *i* to *j* with step *k* is defined as '
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'the\n'
|
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' sequence of items with index "x = i + n*k" such that "0 <= n '
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'<\n'
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' (j-i)/k". In other words, the indices are "i", "i+k", '
|
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'"i+2*k",\n'
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' "i+3*k" and so on, stopping when *j* is reached (but never\n'
|
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' including *j*). When *k* is positive, *i* and *j* are '
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'reduced to\n'
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' "len(s)" if they are greater. When *k* is negative, *i* and '
|
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'*j* are\n'
|
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' reduced to "len(s) - 1" if they are greater. If *i* or *j* '
|
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'are\n'
|
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' omitted or "None", they become “end” values (which end '
|
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'depends on\n'
|
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' the sign of *k*). Note, *k* cannot be zero. If *k* is '
|
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'"None", it\n'
|
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' is treated like "1".\n'
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'\n'
|
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'6. Concatenating immutable sequences always results in a new\n'
|
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' object. This means that building up a sequence by repeated\n'
|
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' concatenation will have a quadratic runtime cost in the '
|
||
'total\n'
|
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' sequence length. To get a linear runtime cost, you must '
|
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'switch to\n'
|
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' one of the alternatives below:\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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' * if concatenating "str" objects, you can build a list and '
|
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'use\n'
|
||
' "str.join()" at the end or else write to an "io.StringIO"\n'
|
||
' instance and retrieve its value when complete\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
' * if concatenating "bytes" objects, you can similarly use\n'
|
||
' "bytes.join()" or "io.BytesIO", or you can do in-place\n'
|
||
' concatenation with a "bytearray" object. "bytearray" '
|
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'objects are\n'
|
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' mutable and have an efficient overallocation mechanism\n'
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'\n'
|
||
' * if concatenating "tuple" objects, extend a "list" instead\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
' * for other types, investigate the relevant class '
|
||
'documentation\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
'7. Some sequence types (such as "range") only support item\n'
|
||
' sequences that follow specific patterns, and hence don’t '
|
||
'support\n'
|
||
' sequence concatenation or repetition.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'8. "index" raises "ValueError" when *x* is not found in *s*. '
|
||
'Not\n'
|
||
' all implementations support passing the additional arguments '
|
||
'*i*\n'
|
||
' and *j*. These arguments allow efficient searching of '
|
||
'subsections\n'
|
||
' of the sequence. Passing the extra arguments is roughly '
|
||
'equivalent\n'
|
||
' to using "s[i:j].index(x)", only without copying any data and '
|
||
'with\n'
|
||
' the returned index being relative to the start of the '
|
||
'sequence\n'
|
||
' rather than the start of the slice.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
'Immutable Sequence Types\n'
|
||
'========================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The only operation that immutable sequence types generally '
|
||
'implement\n'
|
||
'that is not also implemented by mutable sequence types is '
|
||
'support for\n'
|
||
'the "hash()" built-in.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'This support allows immutable sequences, such as "tuple" '
|
||
'instances, to\n'
|
||
'be used as "dict" keys and stored in "set" and "frozenset" '
|
||
'instances.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Attempting to hash an immutable sequence that contains '
|
||
'unhashable\n'
|
||
'values will result in "TypeError".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Mutable Sequence Types\n'
|
||
'======================\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The operations in the following table are defined on mutable '
|
||
'sequence\n'
|
||
'types. The "collections.abc.MutableSequence" ABC is provided to '
|
||
'make\n'
|
||
'it easier to correctly implement these operations on custom '
|
||
'sequence\n'
|
||
'types.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'In the table *s* is an instance of a mutable sequence type, *t* '
|
||
'is any\n'
|
||
'iterable object and *x* is an arbitrary object that meets any '
|
||
'type and\n'
|
||
'value restrictions imposed by *s* (for example, "bytearray" '
|
||
'only\n'
|
||
'accepts integers that meet the value restriction "0 <= x <= '
|
||
'255").\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| Operation | '
|
||
'Result | Notes |\n'
|
||
'+================================+==================================+=======================+\n'
|
||
'| "s[i] = x" | item *i* of *s* is replaced '
|
||
'by | |\n'
|
||
'| | '
|
||
'*x* | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s[i:j] = t" | slice of *s* from *i* to *j* '
|
||
'is | |\n'
|
||
'| | replaced by the contents of '
|
||
'the | |\n'
|
||
'| | iterable '
|
||
'*t* | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "del s[i:j]" | same as "s[i:j] = '
|
||
'[]" | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s[i:j:k] = t" | the elements of "s[i:j:k]" '
|
||
'are | (1) |\n'
|
||
'| | replaced by those of '
|
||
'*t* | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "del s[i:j:k]" | removes the elements '
|
||
'of | |\n'
|
||
'| | "s[i:j:k]" from the '
|
||
'list | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.append(x)" | appends *x* to the end of '
|
||
'the | |\n'
|
||
'| | sequence (same '
|
||
'as | |\n'
|
||
'| | "s[len(s):len(s)] = '
|
||
'[x]") | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.clear()" | removes all items from *s* '
|
||
'(same | (5) |\n'
|
||
'| | as "del '
|
||
's[:]") | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.copy()" | creates a shallow copy of '
|
||
'*s* | (5) |\n'
|
||
'| | (same as '
|
||
'"s[:]") | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.extend(t)" or "s += t" | extends *s* with the contents '
|
||
'of | |\n'
|
||
'| | *t* (for the most part the '
|
||
'same | |\n'
|
||
'| | as "s[len(s):len(s)] = '
|
||
't") | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s *= n" | updates *s* with its '
|
||
'contents | (6) |\n'
|
||
'| | repeated *n* '
|
||
'times | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.insert(i, x)" | inserts *x* into *s* at '
|
||
'the | |\n'
|
||
'| | index given by *i* (same '
|
||
'as | |\n'
|
||
'| | "s[i:i] = '
|
||
'[x]") | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.pop([i])" | retrieves the item at *i* '
|
||
'and | (2) |\n'
|
||
'| | also removes it from '
|
||
'*s* | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.remove(x)" | remove the first item from '
|
||
'*s* | (3) |\n'
|
||
'| | where "s[i]" is equal to '
|
||
'*x* | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.reverse()" | reverses the items of *s* '
|
||
'in | (4) |\n'
|
||
'| | '
|
||
'place | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Notes:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'1. *t* must have the same length as the slice it is replacing.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'2. The optional argument *i* defaults to "-1", so that by '
|
||
'default\n'
|
||
' the last item is removed and returned.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'3. "remove" raises "ValueError" when *x* is not found in *s*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'4. The "reverse()" method modifies the sequence in place for\n'
|
||
' economy of space when reversing a large sequence. To remind '
|
||
'users\n'
|
||
' that it operates by side effect, it does not return the '
|
||
'reversed\n'
|
||
' sequence.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'5. "clear()" and "copy()" are included for consistency with the\n'
|
||
' interfaces of mutable containers that don’t support slicing\n'
|
||
' operations (such as "dict" and "set")\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' New in version 3.3: "clear()" and "copy()" methods.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'6. The value *n* is an integer, or an object implementing\n'
|
||
' "__index__()". Zero and negative values of *n* clear the '
|
||
'sequence.\n'
|
||
' Items in the sequence are not copied; they are referenced '
|
||
'multiple\n'
|
||
' times, as explained for "s * n" under Common Sequence '
|
||
'Operations.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Lists\n'
|
||
'=====\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Lists are mutable sequences, typically used to store collections '
|
||
'of\n'
|
||
'homogeneous items (where the precise degree of similarity will '
|
||
'vary by\n'
|
||
'application).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'class list([iterable])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Lists may be constructed in several ways:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' * Using a pair of square brackets to denote the empty list: '
|
||
'"[]"\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' * Using square brackets, separating items with commas: '
|
||
'"[a]",\n'
|
||
' "[a, b, c]"\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' * Using a list comprehension: "[x for x in iterable]"\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' * Using the type constructor: "list()" or "list(iterable)"\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The constructor builds a list whose items are the same and in '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' same order as *iterable*’s items. *iterable* may be either '
|
||
'a\n'
|
||
' sequence, a container that supports iteration, or an '
|
||
'iterator\n'
|
||
' object. If *iterable* is already a list, a copy is made and\n'
|
||
' returned, similar to "iterable[:]". For example, '
|
||
'"list(\'abc\')"\n'
|
||
' returns "[\'a\', \'b\', \'c\']" and "list( (1, 2, 3) )" '
|
||
'returns "[1, 2,\n'
|
||
' 3]". If no argument is given, the constructor creates a new '
|
||
'empty\n'
|
||
' list, "[]".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Many other operations also produce lists, including the '
|
||
'"sorted()"\n'
|
||
' built-in.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Lists implement all of the common and mutable sequence '
|
||
'operations.\n'
|
||
' Lists also provide the following additional method:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' sort(*, key=None, reverse=False)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' This method sorts the list in place, using only "<" '
|
||
'comparisons\n'
|
||
' between items. Exceptions are not suppressed - if any '
|
||
'comparison\n'
|
||
' operations fail, the entire sort operation will fail (and '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' list will likely be left in a partially modified state).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' "sort()" accepts two arguments that can only be passed by\n'
|
||
' keyword (keyword-only arguments):\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' *key* specifies a function of one argument that is used '
|
||
'to\n'
|
||
' extract a comparison key from each list element (for '
|
||
'example,\n'
|
||
' "key=str.lower"). The key corresponding to each item in '
|
||
'the list\n'
|
||
' is calculated once and then used for the entire sorting '
|
||
'process.\n'
|
||
' The default value of "None" means that list items are '
|
||
'sorted\n'
|
||
' directly without calculating a separate key value.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The "functools.cmp_to_key()" utility is available to '
|
||
'convert a\n'
|
||
' 2.x style *cmp* function to a *key* function.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' *reverse* is a boolean value. If set to "True", then the '
|
||
'list\n'
|
||
' elements are sorted as if each comparison were reversed.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' This method modifies the sequence in place for economy of '
|
||
'space\n'
|
||
' when sorting a large sequence. To remind users that it '
|
||
'operates\n'
|
||
' by side effect, it does not return the sorted sequence '
|
||
'(use\n'
|
||
' "sorted()" to explicitly request a new sorted list '
|
||
'instance).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The "sort()" method is guaranteed to be stable. A sort '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
' stable if it guarantees not to change the relative order '
|
||
'of\n'
|
||
' elements that compare equal — this is helpful for sorting '
|
||
'in\n'
|
||
' multiple passes (for example, sort by department, then by '
|
||
'salary\n'
|
||
' grade).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **CPython implementation detail:** While a list is being '
|
||
'sorted,\n'
|
||
' the effect of attempting to mutate, or even inspect, the '
|
||
'list is\n'
|
||
' undefined. The C implementation of Python makes the list '
|
||
'appear\n'
|
||
' empty for the duration, and raises "ValueError" if it can '
|
||
'detect\n'
|
||
' that the list has been mutated during a sort.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Tuples\n'
|
||
'======\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Tuples are immutable sequences, typically used to store '
|
||
'collections of\n'
|
||
'heterogeneous data (such as the 2-tuples produced by the '
|
||
'"enumerate()"\n'
|
||
'built-in). Tuples are also used for cases where an immutable '
|
||
'sequence\n'
|
||
'of homogeneous data is needed (such as allowing storage in a '
|
||
'"set" or\n'
|
||
'"dict" instance).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'class tuple([iterable])\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Tuples may be constructed in a number of ways:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' * Using a pair of parentheses to denote the empty tuple: '
|
||
'"()"\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' * Using a trailing comma for a singleton tuple: "a," or '
|
||
'"(a,)"\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' * Separating items with commas: "a, b, c" or "(a, b, c)"\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' * Using the "tuple()" built-in: "tuple()" or '
|
||
'"tuple(iterable)"\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The constructor builds a tuple whose items are the same and '
|
||
'in the\n'
|
||
' same order as *iterable*’s items. *iterable* may be either '
|
||
'a\n'
|
||
' sequence, a container that supports iteration, or an '
|
||
'iterator\n'
|
||
' object. If *iterable* is already a tuple, it is returned\n'
|
||
' unchanged. For example, "tuple(\'abc\')" returns "(\'a\', '
|
||
'\'b\', \'c\')"\n'
|
||
' and "tuple( [1, 2, 3] )" returns "(1, 2, 3)". If no argument '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
' given, the constructor creates a new empty tuple, "()".\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Note that it is actually the comma which makes a tuple, not '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' parentheses. The parentheses are optional, except in the '
|
||
'empty\n'
|
||
' tuple case, or when they are needed to avoid syntactic '
|
||
'ambiguity.\n'
|
||
' For example, "f(a, b, c)" is a function call with three '
|
||
'arguments,\n'
|
||
' while "f((a, b, c))" is a function call with a 3-tuple as the '
|
||
'sole\n'
|
||
' argument.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Tuples implement all of the common sequence operations.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'For heterogeneous collections of data where access by name is '
|
||
'clearer\n'
|
||
'than access by index, "collections.namedtuple()" may be a more\n'
|
||
'appropriate choice than a simple tuple object.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Ranges\n'
|
||
'======\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "range" type represents an immutable sequence of numbers and '
|
||
'is\n'
|
||
'commonly used for looping a specific number of times in "for" '
|
||
'loops.\n'
|
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'\n'
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'class range(stop)\n'
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'class range(start, stop[, step])\n'
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'\n'
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' The arguments to the range constructor must be integers '
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'(either\n'
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' built-in "int" or any object that implements the "__index__"\n'
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' special method). If the *step* argument is omitted, it '
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'defaults to\n'
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' "1". If the *start* argument is omitted, it defaults to "0". '
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'If\n'
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' *step* is zero, "ValueError" is raised.\n'
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'\n'
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' For a positive *step*, the contents of a range "r" are '
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'determined\n'
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' by the formula "r[i] = start + step*i" where "i >= 0" and '
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'"r[i] <\n'
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' stop".\n'
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'\n'
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' For a negative *step*, the contents of the range are still\n'
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' determined by the formula "r[i] = start + step*i", but the\n'
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' constraints are "i >= 0" and "r[i] > stop".\n'
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'\n'
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' A range object will be empty if "r[0]" does not meet the '
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'value\n'
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' constraint. Ranges do support negative indices, but these '
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'are\n'
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' interpreted as indexing from the end of the sequence '
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'determined by\n'
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' the positive indices.\n'
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'\n'
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' Ranges containing absolute values larger than "sys.maxsize" '
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'are\n'
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' permitted but some features (such as "len()") may raise\n'
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' "OverflowError".\n'
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'\n'
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' Range examples:\n'
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'\n'
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' >>> list(range(10))\n'
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' [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]\n'
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' >>> list(range(1, 11))\n'
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' [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]\n'
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' >>> list(range(0, 30, 5))\n'
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' [0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25]\n'
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' >>> list(range(0, 10, 3))\n'
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' [0, 3, 6, 9]\n'
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' >>> list(range(0, -10, -1))\n'
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' [0, -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9]\n'
|
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' >>> list(range(0))\n'
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' []\n'
|
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' >>> list(range(1, 0))\n'
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' []\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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' Ranges implement all of the common sequence operations '
|
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'except\n'
|
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' concatenation and repetition (due to the fact that range '
|
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'objects\n'
|
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' can only represent sequences that follow a strict pattern '
|
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'and\n'
|
||
' repetition and concatenation will usually violate that '
|
||
'pattern).\n'
|
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'\n'
|
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' start\n'
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'\n'
|
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' The value of the *start* parameter (or "0" if the '
|
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'parameter was\n'
|
||
' not supplied)\n'
|
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'\n'
|
||
' stop\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The value of the *stop* parameter\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' step\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' The value of the *step* parameter (or "1" if the parameter '
|
||
'was\n'
|
||
' not supplied)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The advantage of the "range" type over a regular "list" or '
|
||
'"tuple" is\n'
|
||
'that a "range" object will always take the same (small) amount '
|
||
'of\n'
|
||
'memory, no matter the size of the range it represents (as it '
|
||
'only\n'
|
||
'stores the "start", "stop" and "step" values, calculating '
|
||
'individual\n'
|
||
'items and subranges as needed).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Range objects implement the "collections.abc.Sequence" ABC, and\n'
|
||
'provide features such as containment tests, element index '
|
||
'lookup,\n'
|
||
'slicing and support for negative indices (see Sequence Types — '
|
||
'list,\n'
|
||
'tuple, range):\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'>>> r = range(0, 20, 2)\n'
|
||
'>>> r\n'
|
||
'range(0, 20, 2)\n'
|
||
'>>> 11 in r\n'
|
||
'False\n'
|
||
'>>> 10 in r\n'
|
||
'True\n'
|
||
'>>> r.index(10)\n'
|
||
'5\n'
|
||
'>>> r[5]\n'
|
||
'10\n'
|
||
'>>> r[:5]\n'
|
||
'range(0, 10, 2)\n'
|
||
'>>> r[-1]\n'
|
||
'18\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Testing range objects for equality with "==" and "!=" compares '
|
||
'them as\n'
|
||
'sequences. That is, two range objects are considered equal if '
|
||
'they\n'
|
||
'represent the same sequence of values. (Note that two range '
|
||
'objects\n'
|
||
'that compare equal might have different "start", "stop" and '
|
||
'"step"\n'
|
||
'attributes, for example "range(0) == range(2, 1, 3)" or '
|
||
'"range(0, 3,\n'
|
||
'2) == range(0, 4, 2)".)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Changed in version 3.2: Implement the Sequence ABC. Support '
|
||
'slicing\n'
|
||
'and negative indices. Test "int" objects for membership in '
|
||
'constant\n'
|
||
'time instead of iterating through all items.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Changed in version 3.3: Define ‘==’ and ‘!=’ to compare range '
|
||
'objects\n'
|
||
'based on the sequence of values they define (instead of '
|
||
'comparing\n'
|
||
'based on object identity).\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'New in version 3.3: The "start", "stop" and "step" attributes.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See also:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' * The linspace recipe shows how to implement a lazy version '
|
||
'of\n'
|
||
' range suitable for floating point applications.\n',
|
||
'typesseq-mutable': 'Mutable Sequence Types\n'
|
||
'**********************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The operations in the following table are defined on '
|
||
'mutable sequence\n'
|
||
'types. The "collections.abc.MutableSequence" ABC is '
|
||
'provided to make\n'
|
||
'it easier to correctly implement these operations on '
|
||
'custom sequence\n'
|
||
'types.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'In the table *s* is an instance of a mutable sequence '
|
||
'type, *t* is any\n'
|
||
'iterable object and *x* is an arbitrary object that '
|
||
'meets any type and\n'
|
||
'value restrictions imposed by *s* (for example, '
|
||
'"bytearray" only\n'
|
||
'accepts integers that meet the value restriction "0 <= x '
|
||
'<= 255").\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| Operation | '
|
||
'Result | Notes '
|
||
'|\n'
|
||
'+================================+==================================+=======================+\n'
|
||
'| "s[i] = x" | item *i* of *s* is '
|
||
'replaced by | |\n'
|
||
'| | '
|
||
'*x* | '
|
||
'|\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s[i:j] = t" | slice of *s* from *i* '
|
||
'to *j* is | |\n'
|
||
'| | replaced by the '
|
||
'contents of the | |\n'
|
||
'| | iterable '
|
||
'*t* | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "del s[i:j]" | same as "s[i:j] = '
|
||
'[]" | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s[i:j:k] = t" | the elements of '
|
||
'"s[i:j:k]" are | (1) |\n'
|
||
'| | replaced by those of '
|
||
'*t* | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "del s[i:j:k]" | removes the elements '
|
||
'of | |\n'
|
||
'| | "s[i:j:k]" from the '
|
||
'list | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.append(x)" | appends *x* to the '
|
||
'end of the | |\n'
|
||
'| | sequence (same '
|
||
'as | |\n'
|
||
'| | "s[len(s):len(s)] = '
|
||
'[x]") | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.clear()" | removes all items '
|
||
'from *s* (same | (5) |\n'
|
||
'| | as "del '
|
||
's[:]") | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.copy()" | creates a shallow '
|
||
'copy of *s* | (5) |\n'
|
||
'| | (same as '
|
||
'"s[:]") | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.extend(t)" or "s += t" | extends *s* with the '
|
||
'contents of | |\n'
|
||
'| | *t* (for the most '
|
||
'part the same | |\n'
|
||
'| | as "s[len(s):len(s)] '
|
||
'= t") | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s *= n" | updates *s* with its '
|
||
'contents | (6) |\n'
|
||
'| | repeated *n* '
|
||
'times | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.insert(i, x)" | inserts *x* into *s* '
|
||
'at the | |\n'
|
||
'| | index given by *i* '
|
||
'(same as | |\n'
|
||
'| | "s[i:i] = '
|
||
'[x]") | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.pop([i])" | retrieves the item at '
|
||
'*i* and | (2) |\n'
|
||
'| | also removes it from '
|
||
'*s* | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.remove(x)" | remove the first item '
|
||
'from *s* | (3) |\n'
|
||
'| | where "s[i]" is equal '
|
||
'to *x* | |\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'| "s.reverse()" | reverses the items of '
|
||
'*s* in | (4) |\n'
|
||
'| | '
|
||
'place | '
|
||
'|\n'
|
||
'+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Notes:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'1. *t* must have the same length as the slice it is '
|
||
'replacing.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'2. The optional argument *i* defaults to "-1", so that '
|
||
'by default\n'
|
||
' the last item is removed and returned.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'3. "remove" raises "ValueError" when *x* is not found in '
|
||
'*s*.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'4. The "reverse()" method modifies the sequence in place '
|
||
'for\n'
|
||
' economy of space when reversing a large sequence. To '
|
||
'remind users\n'
|
||
' that it operates by side effect, it does not return '
|
||
'the reversed\n'
|
||
' sequence.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'5. "clear()" and "copy()" are included for consistency '
|
||
'with the\n'
|
||
' interfaces of mutable containers that don’t support '
|
||
'slicing\n'
|
||
' operations (such as "dict" and "set")\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' New in version 3.3: "clear()" and "copy()" methods.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'6. The value *n* is an integer, or an object '
|
||
'implementing\n'
|
||
' "__index__()". Zero and negative values of *n* clear '
|
||
'the sequence.\n'
|
||
' Items in the sequence are not copied; they are '
|
||
'referenced multiple\n'
|
||
' times, as explained for "s * n" under Common Sequence '
|
||
'Operations.\n',
|
||
'unary': 'Unary arithmetic and bitwise operations\n'
|
||
'***************************************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'All unary arithmetic and bitwise operations have the same '
|
||
'priority:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' u_expr ::= power | "-" u_expr | "+" u_expr | "~" u_expr\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The unary "-" (minus) operator yields the negation of its numeric\n'
|
||
'argument.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The unary "+" (plus) operator yields its numeric argument '
|
||
'unchanged.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The unary "~" (invert) operator yields the bitwise inversion of '
|
||
'its\n'
|
||
'integer argument. The bitwise inversion of "x" is defined as\n'
|
||
'"-(x+1)". It only applies to integral numbers.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'In all three cases, if the argument does not have the proper type, '
|
||
'a\n'
|
||
'"TypeError" exception is raised.\n',
|
||
'while': 'The "while" statement\n'
|
||
'*********************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "while" statement is used for repeated execution as long as an\n'
|
||
'expression is true:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' while_stmt ::= "while" expression ":" suite\n'
|
||
' ["else" ":" suite]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'This repeatedly tests the expression and, if it is true, executes '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
'first suite; if the expression is false (which may be the first '
|
||
'time\n'
|
||
'it is tested) the suite of the "else" clause, if present, is '
|
||
'executed\n'
|
||
'and the loop terminates.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A "break" statement executed in the first suite terminates the '
|
||
'loop\n'
|
||
'without executing the "else" clause’s suite. A "continue" '
|
||
'statement\n'
|
||
'executed in the first suite skips the rest of the suite and goes '
|
||
'back\n'
|
||
'to testing the expression.\n',
|
||
'with': 'The "with" statement\n'
|
||
'********************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The "with" statement is used to wrap the execution of a block with\n'
|
||
'methods defined by a context manager (see section With Statement\n'
|
||
'Context Managers). This allows common "try"…"except"…"finally" '
|
||
'usage\n'
|
||
'patterns to be encapsulated for convenient reuse.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' with_stmt ::= "with" with_item ("," with_item)* ":" suite\n'
|
||
' with_item ::= expression ["as" target]\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'The execution of the "with" statement with one “item” proceeds as\n'
|
||
'follows:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'1. The context expression (the expression given in the "with_item")\n'
|
||
' is evaluated to obtain a context manager.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'2. The context manager’s "__exit__()" is loaded for later use.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'3. The context manager’s "__enter__()" method is invoked.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'4. If a target was included in the "with" statement, the return\n'
|
||
' value from "__enter__()" is assigned to it.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' Note: The "with" statement guarantees that if the "__enter__()"\n'
|
||
' method returns without an error, then "__exit__()" will always '
|
||
'be\n'
|
||
' called. Thus, if an error occurs during the assignment to the\n'
|
||
' target list, it will be treated the same as an error occurring\n'
|
||
' within the suite would be. See step 6 below.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'5. The suite is executed.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'6. The context manager’s "__exit__()" method is invoked. If an\n'
|
||
' exception caused the suite to be exited, its type, value, and\n'
|
||
' traceback are passed as arguments to "__exit__()". Otherwise, '
|
||
'three\n'
|
||
' "None" arguments are supplied.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If the suite was exited due to an exception, and the return '
|
||
'value\n'
|
||
' from the "__exit__()" method was false, the exception is '
|
||
'reraised.\n'
|
||
' If the return value was true, the exception is suppressed, and\n'
|
||
' execution continues with the statement following the "with"\n'
|
||
' statement.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' If the suite was exited for any reason other than an exception, '
|
||
'the\n'
|
||
' return value from "__exit__()" is ignored, and execution '
|
||
'proceeds\n'
|
||
' at the normal location for the kind of exit that was taken.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'With more than one item, the context managers are processed as if\n'
|
||
'multiple "with" statements were nested:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' with A() as a, B() as b:\n'
|
||
' suite\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'is equivalent to\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' with A() as a:\n'
|
||
' with B() as b:\n'
|
||
' suite\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Changed in version 3.1: Support for multiple context expressions.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'See also:\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' **PEP 343** - The “with” statement\n'
|
||
' The specification, background, and examples for the Python '
|
||
'"with"\n'
|
||
' statement.\n',
|
||
'yield': 'The "yield" statement\n'
|
||
'*********************\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' yield_stmt ::= yield_expression\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'A "yield" statement is semantically equivalent to a yield '
|
||
'expression.\n'
|
||
'The yield statement can be used to omit the parentheses that would\n'
|
||
'otherwise be required in the equivalent yield expression '
|
||
'statement.\n'
|
||
'For example, the yield statements\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' yield <expr>\n'
|
||
' yield from <expr>\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'are equivalent to the yield expression statements\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
' (yield <expr>)\n'
|
||
' (yield from <expr>)\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'Yield expressions and statements are only used when defining a\n'
|
||
'*generator* function, and are only used in the body of the '
|
||
'generator\n'
|
||
'function. Using yield in a function definition is sufficient to '
|
||
'cause\n'
|
||
'that definition to create a generator function instead of a normal\n'
|
||
'function.\n'
|
||
'\n'
|
||
'For full details of "yield" semantics, refer to the Yield '
|
||
'expressions\n'
|
||
'section.\n'}
|