Python Documentation contents

What's New in Python

What's New in Python 2.7

What's New in Python 2.6

What's New in Python 2.5

What's New in Python 2.4

What's New in Python 2.3

What's New in Python 2.2

What's New in Python 2.1

What's New in Python 2.0

The Python Tutorial

Whetting Your Appetite

Using the Python Interpreter

An Informal Introduction to Python

More Control Flow Tools

Data Structures

Modules

Input and Output

Errors and Exceptions

Classes

Brief Tour of the Standard Library

Brief Tour of the Standard Library --- Part II

What Now?

Interactive Input Editing and History Substitution

Floating Point Arithmetic: Issues and Limitations

Appendix

Python Setup and Usage

Command line and environment

Using Python on Unix platforms

Using Python on Windows

Using Python on a Macintosh

The Python Language Reference

Introduction

Lexical analysis

Data model

Execution model

Expressions

Simple statements

Compound statements

Top-level components

Full Grammar specification

The Python Standard Library

Introduction

Built-in Functions

Built-in Constants

Built-in Types

Built-in Exceptions

String Services

Data Types

Numeric and Mathematical Modules

File and Directory Access

Data Persistence

Data Compression and Archiving

File Formats

Cryptographic Services

Generic Operating System Services

Optional Operating System Services

Interprocess Communication and Networking

Internet Data Handling

Structured Markup Processing Tools

Internet Protocols and Support

Multimedia Services

Internationalization

Program Frameworks

Graphical User Interfaces with Tk

Development Tools

Debugging and Profiling

Software Packaging and Distribution

Python Runtime Services

Custom Python Interpreters

Restricted Execution

Importing Modules

Python Language Services

Python compiler package

Miscellaneous Services

MS Windows Specific Services

Unix Specific Services

Mac OS X specific services

MacPython OSA Modules

SGI IRIX Specific Services

SunOS Specific Services

Undocumented Modules

Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter

Extending Python with C or C++

Defining New Types

Building C and C++ Extensions with distutils

Building C and C++ Extensions on Windows

Embedding Python in Another Application

Python/C API Reference Manual

Introduction

The Very High Level Layer

Reference Counting

Exception Handling

Utilities

Abstract Objects Layer

Concrete Objects Layer

Initialization, Finalization, and Threads

Memory Management

Object Implementation Support

Distributing Python Modules

Distributing Python Modules

Installing Python Modules

Installing Python Modules

Python HOWTOs

Porting Python 2 Code to Python 3

Porting Extension Modules to Python 3

Curses Programming with Python

Descriptor HowTo Guide

Idioms and Anti-Idioms in Python

Functional Programming HOWTO

Logging HOWTO

Logging Cookbook

Regular Expression HOWTO

Socket Programming HOWTO

Sorting HOW TO

Unicode HOWTO

HOWTO Fetch Internet Resources Using urllib2

HOWTO Use Python in the web

Argparse Tutorial

Python Frequently Asked Questions

General Python FAQ

Programming FAQ

Design and History FAQ

Library and Extension FAQ

Extending/Embedding FAQ

Python on Windows FAQ

Graphic User Interface FAQ

"Why is Python Installed on my Computer?" FAQ

Glossary

Glossary

About these documents

About these documents

Reporting Bugs

Reporting Bugs

Copyright

Copyright

History and License

History and License

Distributing Python Modules (Legacy version)

An Introduction to Distutils

Writing the Setup Script

Writing the Setup Configuration File

Creating a Source Distribution

Creating Built Distributions

The Python Package Index (PyPI)

Examples

Extending Distutils

Command Reference

API Reference

Installing Python Modules (Legacy version)

Installing Python Modules (Legacy version)