By Mark Lutz
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Index
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Symbols[ Top ]
& operator (shell), 117
* (asterisk)
with from statement, 126, 149
prefixing argument name, 162, 202
repetition operator, 125
@ (at sign), 790
` (backquote), 160
\ (backslash), 100
! statement (pdb), 370
!= (inequality) operator, 91
{} (braces), 28, 100, 183
[] (brackets), 100, 124
for slices (see slices)
: (colon), 817
, (comma), 161
$ (dollar sign), 790
" (double quotes), 103
= (assignment) operator, 88
== (equality) operator, 92
# (hash mark), 84, 98, 816
< (redirect) shell operator, 113
< (less than) operator, 92
<> (inequality) operator, 92
> (redirect) shell operator, 113
> (greater than) operator, 92
() (parentheses), 100, 142, 161, 258
% for string formatting, 160, 775
| (piping) operator, 113
+ (concatenation) operator, 108, 265-271, 275, 827
? (question mark), 790
' (single quotes), 104
; (semicolon), 100-101
_ (underscore), variables starting with, 126
\0 for null character, 119
A[ Top ]
abstract object access API, 635, 752
abstraction, 347
access class attributes, 243
active code, reloading, 177
__add__ method, 265-267
administration, 81
scripts for (see shell tools)
.after, .after_idle tools, 383
AI (artificial intelligence), 732
ampersand (&) shell operator, 117
anchors, 356
and keyword, 135
anonymous function objects, 214, 835
API, Python
abstract object access, 635, 752
embedded-call, 572-577
errors, detecting, 577
OLE, 723
run-time, 515
WPY and wxPython, 738-742
APP tags, 719
append(), 109, 267, 824
applets, 718-721
applications for Python, 7
apply(), 163, 205, 744, 753
arguments, 142-144, 154
default, 143, 163
lists of, 521
matching modes, 204
order of, 203
passing by assignment, 142
variable-length lists of, 162-164
arrays (see sequence objects)
associative (see dictionaries)
assignment, 88, 145-146, 760, 772, 816
instance attributes, 233-234
nested shelves, 401
passing arguments by, 142
tuples, 191-192
associative arrays (see dictionaries)
asterisk (*), prefixing argument name with, 162, 202
at sign (@), 790
attributes, 783, 854
object, 90, 199
special, 783
automatic
GUI construction, 330-347
language integration, 64, 630-636
B[ Top ]
background activities, 383
backquote (`), 160
backslash (\), 100
BASIC language, 701
batch mode, 165-167
bgen system, 634, 757
bidirectional IPC, 729-730
binaries (see source code)
binary
search trees, 480-484
operators, 458
bind(), 355
bison system, 656
blank lines, 101
block delimiters, 726
blocks, code (see code)
boolean operators, 190
bound methods, 257-258
braces {}, 28, 100, 183
brackets [], 100, 124
for slices (see slices)
branching, multiway, 159, 184
break statement, 129, 193-194
breakpoints, 366
browser(), 332
browser, Python-based, 718-721
browser, table, 393-424
bsddb module, 749
building Python from source code, 68
__builtin__ module, 776
__builtins__ module, 583
Button object, 26
buttons, 312, 355, 394, 679
byte-by-byte reading (see reading from files, read())
C[ Top ]
C language, 54-62, 474, 505
C extension modules, 170, 508-515
C extension types, 508, 532-568, 635
data conversion codes, 523-524
data types, 171
debugging, 364, 371
embedding Python in, 571-639
exceptions, 525
keyword argument values, 561
searching files for constants, 644
translating to Python, 757
(see also extensions)
-c option, python, 74
C++ language, 35, 624, 757, 854-857
calculator GUI, 675-684
__call__ method, 747
call routing, 516, 543-544
call statement, 121
callable object types, 258
callback handlers, 313, 319, 364-371, 377-380
scheduled callbacks, 383
capitalization (see case sensitivity)
cascades, 325
case sensitivity, 90
case statement (see elif clause)
catching exceptions (see exceptions)
CD-ROM with book, xx
CGI script, 735-737
character-by-character reading (see reading from files, read())
characters (see string objects)
circular module dependency, 171-173
__class__ attribute, 333
class methods, 227, 319
class statement, 227-230, 240, 244, 762
classes, 15, 220, 226-232, 250-253, 284, 383, 842-851
accessing attributes from methods, 243
buttons as, 679
class instances (see instances)
constructors, 235-238
debugging with, 372-375
globals for, 243
graphs to, 487-489
inheriting from multiple, 259-261
menus as, 221-226
mixin, 330-334
namespaces, 238-248
persistent instances, 426-436
running in module files, 596
set, 465-468
sharing between languages, 624-630
stack, 441-462
subclasses, 27, 223, 287, 315-319, 338, 449, 683
widget, 381
wrapper, 421-424, 563-566, 625-630
clone(), 332
close(), 122
closures, 746-748
__cmp__ method, 443
code, xx, 133-135, 704
#! line, 113
active, reloading while, 177
compounding lines of, 99
GUI (see GUI)
incremental development, 173-179
indentation of, 98
interactive coding, 114-117
optimizing, 676-679
reusing, 138, 684, 709
trusted execution, 752
__coerce__ method, 458
coherence, 5
cohesion, 173
colon (:), 817
columns
summing, 641
text in, 49
combinations of sequences, 494-496
combo(), 494
comma (,), 161
command option, 312, 355
command-line arguments, 95
command-line interpreter, 72-74, 113
-c option, 74
commands
menu lists for, 186-195
pdb debugging, 366
shell, running in Python, 115
comments, 84, 98, 101, 726
communication, interprocess, 116
compacting code, 133-135
comparing, 91
functions for, 498
stacks, 550
compiled code, 294
completion (see globbing, filename)
complex numbers, 755
composition, 289, 848
compounding code lines, 99
concatenating, 108-110, 265-271, 827
menus, 271, 274
string objects, 47-50, 108
const modifier (C++), 855
constants, 644, 762
mathematical, 790
constructors, 235-238, 413, 542, 847, 856
continuation lines, 100
continue statement, 193-195
converting
between languages (see translating)
data types, 576
lists and tuples, 824
sequence objects, 500-504
to/from strings, 160
wrapped objects, 627-630
copying
copy module, 751
lists and dictionaries, 267
variables from modules (see from statement; import statement)
counter loops (see loops)
coupling modules (see dependency, module)
CPU time, 555
.createfilehandler tool, 384
csh (C shell), 23
customization, 30, 448-450
D[ Top ]
%d format code, 161
data conversion codes, 523-524
data entry dialogs, 353
data members (see members)
data sources, external, 16-18
data structures, 28-39
data types, 102-111, 196-198, 480-504, 763-769, 820-832
in C modules, 171
converting, 576
declaring, 39
dictionaries, 183-184
integers, 559
kjbuckets extension, 750
sets, 462-479
special attribute names, 783
special class methods, 455-458
stacks (see stacks)
switching, 218-219
testing for, 212
tuples, 161-164
database systems, 388
dbm extension module, 69-70
dbm files, 39-41, 390, 410-417
dbx debugger, 364
dealloc operation handler, 546
debugging, 595
Python debugger, 363-375, 750
declaring
data types, 39
variables, 85
DECREF (see Py_DECREF())
def statement, 141, 146, 214, 762
default
argument values, 143, 163
lambdas, 319
menu values, 271
shared mutable objects, 276-279
deferred calls, 319
__del__ method, 400, 458, 847
del statement, 399
__delattr__ method, 400
__delitem__ method, 400
__delslice__ method, 400
dependency, module, 168, 171-173
destructors (see constructors; __del__ method)
development
cycle, Python, 697-713
incremental, 173-179
dialogs, 320-321, 353
__dict__ attribute, 198, 246-248, 841
dictionaries, 25, 181-186, 197-198, 557, 766, 768, 822
binary search trees versus, 483
copying, 267
instances as, 238
keyword arguments, 202-207
namespace, 246-248
objects as keys, 312
sets, 34-35, 469-472
shelves, 390
Tkinter and, 311
(see also namespaces)
dir(), 199, 292
dmb module, 749
__doc__ attribute, 752
documentation, 71-72
comments (see comments)
strings, 752
(see also help)
dollar sign ($), 790
double quotes ("), 103
downloading Python, 68
dumbdmb module, 7549
dummy modules, 591
dynamic
binding, 518, 545
interfaces (see GUI)
menus, 264-279
namespaces, 244
typing, 39, 47
E[ Top ]
elif clause, 94, 159
(see also if statement)
else clause, 190-192
(see also if statement; try statement)
emacs text editor, 789
embedding Python, 62, 571-639, 676
in C, 61-64
encapsulation, 15, 35, 282
ending statements, 100-101
environment variables, 66
EOFError exception, 132, 158
equality and equality operators, 91-92, 827
errors, 132, 151
ErrorObject object, 525
programming, 361-375
stderr stream, 96, 117
(see also exceptions)
escape codes, 119, 774
eval function, 49, 496-498, 674
eval statement, 200
event-driven programming, 314
events, window manager, 399
except clause, 131, 262, 852
exceptions, 22, 361, 489, 525, 530-532, 552, 574, 776, 851-853
else clause, 190-192
EOFError, 132, 158
exception lists, 262
handling with try statement, 131-132, 148
parser, 673
raise statement, 132, 151-152
(see also errors)
exec function, 496-498, 674
exec statement, 200
execv(), 334
exiting
code, 139
exit statement, 139
loops, 129
expand option, 339
expanding menus, 264-279
expect tool, 749
expressions, 760
extensions, 9, 54-64, 505-570, 749-750
extension languages, 6
filename (see suffixes, filename)
granularity, 216-219
installing, 69-71
Python, future, 754-758
external
data sources, 16-18
files, 121-122, 125-126
overriding modules, 208
F[ Top ]
%f format code, 161
FAQ, Python, 71
fastset (see sets)
file descriptors, 388
file methods, 118-121
file objects, 121, 125, 506, 765-767
closing, 122
dbm, 39-41
filesystem structure, 97
flat files, 387
grep utility, 652-654
opening for read/write (see open())
processing differences, 656
reading from (see reading from files)
redirection (see redirection)
scanning for, 16-18
File Transfer Protocol (FTP), 68, 72, 712
filenames
globbing, 113, 115
.py extension, 114
suffixes, 520
files (see file objects)
fill option (windows), 339
filter(), 744
filters (see regular expressions)
finally clause, 132, 852
flat files, 387
floating-point numbers (see number objects)
flush(), 388
for loop, 93, 123, 128, 761, 819
fork(), 334
format
formatting codes, string, 775
string, 160
text in columns, 49
FormGui class, 394-401
formtbl extensions, 417-420
forward references, 141
Frame class, 26
frame widgets, 314
frames, inheritance and, 317-319
freeware, 4
freeze tool, 294, 725
from statement, 24, 119-121, 126, 149, 169, 177, 179, 761
FTP (File Transfer Protocol), 68, 72, 712
functions, 91, 139, 141-144, 152-155, 776-778, 784, 832-837
anonymous, 214, 835
apply(), 163
C, routing calls to, 516, 543-544
comparison, 498
in dictionaries, 185
generating, 496-498
generic, 248
import statements in, 148
keyword arguments, 202-207
linking to callback handlers, 313
mathematical, 790
menu, 211-215
namespaces, 199
None return value, 195
overloading, 855
POSIX, 787-789
running in module files, 596
scripts versus, 159-164
set, 462-465
variables in, 144-147
G[ Top ]
%g format code, 161
garbage collection, 122, 546, 766
reference count management, 400, 526, 544, 585-586
gdb debugger, 364
gdbm (see dbm files)
generating
exceptions (see raise statement)
programs, 496-498
generic functions, 248
getargs(), 522
getattr(), 200, 543
__getattr__ method, 264, 417
getenv function (in C), 54
Get_Global(), 593
__getitem__ method, 268, 411, 452, 458
getting binaries from Web, 71
getting source code, xx
global
instance inaccess to, 243
namespace, 144, 154, 241
variables, 155, 837
global statement, 154
globbing, filename, 113, 115
Grail browser, 703, 718-721, 734
grammar, Python, 768-772
granularity, 216-219
graph searching, 484-491
graphical user interface (see GUI)
graphs of objects, 35
greater than (>) operator, 92
grep utility, 652-654
gridded mode, 351
grouping (see tuples)
GUI (graphical user interface), 24-28, 307-385, 507, 757
automating, 330-347
calculator, 675-684
frame widgets, 314
inheritance, 315-319
menus and toolbars, 323-329
PythonWin, 724
table browser, 393-424
updating windows, 379
window layout, 339, 351, 380, 681-683
window manager events, 399
WPY and wxPython systems, 738-742
Guido van Rossum, 3, 72
GuiMaker class, 334-339, 343-347
GuiMixin class, 330-334
H[ Top ]
handling exceptions (see exceptions)
hash mark (#), 816
for comments, 84, 98
__hash__ methods, 312
hash tables (see dictionaries)
has_key method, 184
header file, Python, 514
headers, searching for patterns in, 650-652
help, 71-72
hexadecimal constants, 103
history of Python, 3-4
holmes system, 643, 732
home page, Python, 72
HTML, Grail for, 718-722, 735
I[ Top ]
Icon language, 701
if statement, 94, 129, 159, 762, 816
ILU package, 634, 727, 730-732
image processing, 755
immutability, string, 106
implied-delimiter syntax, 101
import statement, 84, 93, 120, 126, 148, 168, 176, 520, 761
circular module dependency, 171-173
transitive, 177, 179-180
(see also reload())
importing modules, 752
in operator, 111, 820
incremental development, 173-179
indentation of code, 98, 726, 817
index method, 190
IndexError exception, 151
indexes, sequence (see sequence objects)
indexing, 184, 267, 820, 830
lists, 189
inequality (!=) operator, 91
inequality (<>) operator, 92
inheritance, 16, 26, 207, 229-232, 237, 280, 337, 845, 855
frames and, 317-319
from multiple classes, 259-261
precedence, 232, 260
widgets and, 315
__init__ method, 235-237, 443, 847
initialization function, 515
input/output, 127, 132
raw_input(), 130-133
redirection, 21-23, 113, 165-167
stdin/stdout stream, 95-96
(see also reading from files)
installing
extensions, 69-71
Python, 67-71
instances, 16, 230, 266, 410-417, 541, 543-544, 624-627, 844
assigning attributes, 233-234
configuring with constructors, 235-238
as dictionaries, 238
global inaccess, 243
namespaces, 238-248
persistent, changing classes of, 426-436
self, 228-229, 270
integers, 559, 815
integration, 5, 53-64, 392, 505-639, 700
automatic, 64, 630-636
OLE, 723
interactive coding, 114-117, 833
interclass method calls, 253
interface, 152, 156-159
API (see API)
batch mode, 165-167
calculator GUI, 679
as class system, 250-253
dictionary menus, 181-186
GUI, 307-385
keyed-access database, 749
menu lists, 186-195
OLE, 723
shell tools, 356
WWW/Internet, 732-737
Internet, Python tools for, 732-737
interpreter (see command-line interpreter)
interprocess communication, 116
intersection() (see sets)
intersections, set, 31
IPC tools, 729-730
is operator, 92, 550
item(), 503
items(), 824
J[ Top ]
Java, 703
join(), 167
joining strings, 47-50
K[ Top ]
key-value pairs, 183, 204
keyed-access database interface, 749
keys method, 184, 199
keyword arguments, 25, 202-207, 561
kjbuckets extension, 750
kwParsing system, 656
L[ Top ]
lambda statement, 134, 214, 319, 498, 744
languages (see programming languages)
layout, window, 339, 351, 380, 681-683
LEFT constant, 315
len(), 123, 831
__len__ method, 458
less than (<) operator, 92
LIFO lists (see stacks)
line-by-line input (see reading from files, readline())
linking namespaces, 245
Linux operating system, xix
list constants, 105
listboxes, 351
listdir(), 116
lists, 162, 820
argument, variable-length, 162-164
stacks as, 438
tuples (see tuples)
load, system (see performance)
Load_Attribute(), 590
loading modules (see from statement; import statement)
Load_Module(), 590
local
data in C extensions, 515, 540
methods, 256-258
namespaces, 144, 199, 241
variables, 834
logging, 216, 285-290
logical operators, 190
long integers, 103
loops, 85, 93, 110, 123-125, 192, 818
breaking, 129
for, 93, 123, 128, 761
while, 127-128, 761
M[ Top ]
Macintosh systems, 742
__main__ module, 73, 170, 366
mainloop(), 309, 359
makefile, embedding Python, 578, 604
manual searching of lists, 189
map function, 17
map(), 134-135, 502, 744
mapping, 106, 557-561, 786
method calls to classes, 227
mutable (see dictionaries)
Tk/Tkinter, 382
matching patterns (see regular expressions)
math module, 790
matrix object, 755
members, 229, 234
__members__ method, 544, 549
membership (see in operator)
memory (see garbage collection)
menugui2 module, 352
menus, 181-209, 323-329
cascading, 325
as classes, 221-226
concatenating, 274
configuring data for, 233-238
dynamic, 264-279
functions for, 211-215
GuiMaker class, 334-339, 343-347
indexing, 267
pull-down, 324
tear-off, 325
type-switching, 218-219
messages (see interclass method calls)
messages, error, 151
metaclass protocol system, 59, 271
metaprogramming, 200-201
METH_KEYWORDS (value), 561
method functions, 515
methods, 16, 91, 196, 227, 766
accessing class attributes from, 243
interclass calls, 253
local, 256-258
mapped to type descriptors, 566-568
metaclass, 59, 271
registering, 256-258, 620-622
self instance and, 228
special class methods, 455-458
virtual, 854
__methods__ attribute, 200, 549
mixin classes, 330-334
modal windows, 355
modulator tool, 64, 630-633
modules, 13, 84, 168-180, 196, 207-209, 284, 778-782, 837-842
C extension, 54-60, 508-515
circular dependency, 171-173
classes and, 225
externally overriding, 208
importing, 751
loading (see import statement)
overwriting names of, 119
packaging with freeze, 725
reloading, 173-180, 374-375, 591, 605, 842
for reusing information, 138
search path order, 519
stacks as, 439-441
statement order, 140
using in C, 590-593
wrapper, 57-60
WWW/Internet, 718-721, 732-737
modules dictionary, 198
more than (see greater than)
mSQL system, 388
multiple inheritance, 232, 259-261, 337
multiple-line statements, 100
multiway branching, 159, 184
mutability, 106, 109, 154, 542, 831
mappings (see dictionaries)
objects, 276-279
sequences, 787
N[ Top ]
n command (pdb), 368
\n for newlines, 119
__name__ module, 140-141, 840
named references (see variables)
names
from statements and, 119
Python library symbols, 527
Python, source of, 65
qualified, 90
variables, starting with _, 126
namespaces, 90, 144-147, 179, 198-201, 238-245, 358, 772, 844
dummy modules, 591
dynamic, 244
lambda statement and, 214
linking, 245
module, changing externally, 208
nested, 244
pdb and, 374
scope versus, 240
searching, 241
ndbm (see dbm files)
nested
break statements, 193-194
class statements, 244
code blocks, 99
continue statements, 194
data structures, 188
def statements, 146
deleting nested items, 399
exceptions, 852
frame widgets, 315
import statements, 148
method calls, 253
namespaces, 145-147, 244
shelves, 401
try statements, 132
Netscape plug-in, Python as, 743
newlines, 119
newsgroup, Python, 72
None (value), 121, 195, 824
notdone method, 326
null characters, 119
number objects, 103, 197, 557-561, 764, 786, 815
complex, 755
converting to strings, 161
O[ Top ]
object trees, 188-191
object-oriented programming, 5, 53, 207-209, 219-221, 253, 290, 705
object-oriented databases (OODBs), 758
wrapper classes, 563
objects, 13, 209, 220
abstract object access API, 752
anonymous, 214, 835
attributes of, 90, 199
in C, 515
callable object types, 258
classes (see classes)
deep copies of, 751
default shared mutable, 276-279
as dictionary keys, 312
file (see file objects)
graphs of, 35
indexing, 124
list (see lists)
numeric (see number objects)
packaging, 279
passing, 142
persistent, 41-47
stacks, 438-462
string (see string objects)
tuples of, 161-164
wrapped, looking like Python, 627-630
octal constants, 103
OLE integration, 723
OLE scripting, Python for, 755
OOP (see object-oriented programming)
open(), 85, 96, 133, 387
open architecture, 9
operations, 762
operators, 196, 785-787, 832
binary, 458
logical (boolean), 190
overloading, 264-279
precedence, 773
regular expression, 648
stack versus module, 443
optimization, 450-455, 753-755
code, 676-679
sets, 34-35, 469-474
(see also performance)
or keyword, 135
order (see precedence)
os module, 116-117, 388
output (see input/output)
overloading
functions, 855
indexing, 267
operators, 264-279, 459
overriding modules externally, 208
overwriting module namespace, 119, 176
P[ Top ]
p statement (pdb), 370
packaging, 279, 294, 725, 751
pack(), 310
parentheses (), 100, 142, 161, 258
parsing (see processing)
pass statement, 158
passing objects, 142
PATH environment variable, 66
pattern-matching, 50
patterns (see regular expressions)
PC port for Python, 722-725
pdb debugger, 363-375, 595
percent sign (%) for string formatting, 160, 775
performance, 9, 622
C extensions, 552-557
compacting code, 133-135
indexing, 191
reading from files, 17
scripts versus functions, 159
sets, 466, 470-472
stacks, 448-450, 454-455
text filtering, 655
Perl language, 700
permutations of sequences, 494-496
permute(), 494
persistent-object stores (see shelves)
persistence, 41-47, 387-436, 507, 757
pickle module, 41-47, 392
pindent utility, 101, 726
pipe(), 729
piping input/output, 113
platforms, xix, 75, 519
Macintosh, 742
Windows, 722-725
polymorphism, 281
popen(), 116
pop() (see stacks)
pop-up dialogs, 320, 353
portability, 586, 722, 729
porting Python, 75
POSIX
posix module, 388, 787-789
regular expressions, 750
PostGres95 extension, 749
power, semantic, 5
precedence
inheritance, 232, 260
operator, 774
precompiled source code, 294
pregrex extension, 750
print statement, 85, 95, 130, 362, 445
printing, 762
private members, 855
procedures (see functions)
processing
file objects, 656
hand-coded parsers, 657-674
languages, 52
parser generators, 656
rule strings, 642-644
text, 47-53, 640-675
profile module, 467
programming, 697-700, 744-748
errors, 361-375
event-driven, 314
generic functions, 248
GUI (see GUI)
incremental development, 173-179
interactive, 834
metaprogramming, 200-201
object-oriented, 5, 53, 207-209, 219-221, 253, 290, 563
simplicity, 195, 207
structure, 13
programming languages, 6, 700
C++, 35
debugging and, 371
integrating, 53-64
processing, 52
RAD, 375-380
sharing classes, 624-630
programs (see scripts)
Prolog language, 192
protocol, 16
PSA (Python Software Activity), 4
pull-down menus, 324
(see also menus)
pure virtual methods, 253, 856
push() (see stacks)
putenv function (in C), 54
.py filename extension, 114
PyArg_Parse(), 522, 576, 616
PyArg_ParseTuple(), 521, 576
PyArgs_VaParse(), 576
Py_BuildValue(), 522, 576
.pyc files, 294
Py_CompileString(), 576
Py_DECREF(), 527, 574, 585
PyDict_GetItemString(), 575
PyDict_New(), 575, 583
PyDict_SetItemString(), 527, 575
PyErr_Fetch(), 574
PyErr_IndexError(), 574
PyErr_Occurred(), 526, 574
PyErr_Print(), 574
PyErr_SetString(), 525, 530, 574
PyEval_CallObject(), 575, 581, 620
PyEval_EvalCode(), 576
PyEval_InteractiveLoop(), 576
PyEval_SimpleFile(), 575
PyEval_SimpleString(), 576
PyEval_String(), 576
Py_FatalError(), 527
Py_FindMethod(), 544
PyGres extension, 750
PyImport_AddModule(), 575, 581
PyImport_GetModuleDict(), 575
PyImport_ImportModule(), 575, 580-581
PyImport_ReloadModule(), 575
Py_INCREF(), 526, 574
PyInt_FromLong(), 576
PyMem_DEL(), 544
PyMethodDef(), 527, 576
PyModule_Check(), 574
PyModule_GetDict(), 527, 575, 580
PyObject object, 574
PyObject_DEL(), 577
PyObject_GetAttrString(), 574
PyObject_HEAD(), 577
PyObject_NEW(), 543, 577
PyObject_Print(), 574
PyObject_SetAttrString(), 574, 581
PyRun_File(), 573
PyRun_SimpleFile(), 573
PyRun_SimpleString(), 577
PyRun_String(), 573, 579
PySequenceMethods, 576
PyString_AsString(), 576
PyString_Check(), 574
PyString_FromString(), 576
Python
abstract object access API, 635, 752
debugger, 363-375, 595
development cycle, 697-713
embedded-call API, 572-577
extensions (see extensions)
FAQ on, 71
functional structure, 290-294
future of, 754-758
history of, 3-4
installing, 67-71
interpreter (see command-line interpreter)
as OLE scripting tool, 755
profiler, 467
release 1.2, 385
release 1.4, 756
run-time API, 515
translating to/from, 757
tutorial, 813-853
where name came from, 65
Python Software Activity (PSA), 4
Python.h header file, 514
PYTHONPATH environment variable, 67, 520, 838
PYTHONSTARTUP environment variable, 67, 201
PythonWin, 722-725
_PyTuple_Resize(), 575
PyTuple_SetItem(), 575
PyTuple_Size(), 575
PyTypeObject, 577
Py_VaBuildValue(), 576
Py_XDECREF(), 527, 575
Py_XINCREF(), 527, 574
Q[ Top ]
qualification, 85, 773, 841, 845
qualified names, 90
question mark (?), 790
R[ Top ]
r command (pdb), 370
RAD (Rapid Application Development), 375-380
__radd__ attribute, 275
raise statement, 22, 132, 151-152, 753, 762, 851-853
range(), 123-124, 493, 821
Rapid Application Development (RAD), 375-380
raw_input(), 130-133
reading from files
readlines(), 17, 86
readline(), 127-130
read(), 85, 97, 130
recursive
function calls, 836
mainloop calls, 359
sequence object reversal, 491
redirection, 21-23, 113, 165-167
reduce(), 744
redundancy, 216, 219
ref parameters (C++), 855
reference count management, 400, 526, 544, 585-586
reference manuals (see documentation)
references, 88, 144, 774, 826
arrays of (see lists)
to instance attributes, 233
named (see variables)
simplified management of, 755
regex module, 50, 646
registering methods, 256-258, 515, 561, 620-622
registration table, 56
regression test script, 19
regsub module, 647
regular expressions, 50, 645-656, 750
relational algebra and sets, 474-479
reload(), 173-180, 374-375, 842
reloading modules, 591, 605, 842
Remote Procedure Calls (RPC), 424
rename header file, 527
repetition, 125, 828
__repr__ methods, 443, 458, 565
reserved words, 89, 773
resizing windows, 339, 351
return statement, 142, 153, 762
(see also functions)
reusing code, 138, 684, 709
reversing sequences, 491-494
RIGHT constant, 315
right-side variants, 458
Rivet library, 750
routing calls to C functions, 516, 543-544
RPC (Remote Procedure Calls), 424
rule strings, 642-644
Run_Function(), 596, 616
S[ Top ]
%s format code, 160
scanning for files, 16-18
scheduled callbacks, 383
Scheme language, 700
scope (see namespaces)
scope operator, 856
scripting languages, 6
scripts, 159-164
ScrolledText class, 333
searching
binary search trees, 480-484
C files for constants, 644
C header files, 650-652
graphs, 484-491
grep utility, 652-654
inheritance, 232
instance attributes, 233
lists (see indexing)
namespaces (scopes), 241
search path, 66, 519
strings, 646
self instance, 228-229, 270, 843
semantic power, 5
semicolon (;), 100-101
sequence objects, 106-110, 123-125, 541, 767, 787, 820
converting, 500-504
copying, 267
dictionaries (see dictionaries)
exception lists, 262
indexing, 124, 189, 267
lists, 104, 186-195, 197, 765
map() with, 135
permutations of, 494-496
repetition, 125
reversing, 491-494
sorting, 498-500
stacks and, 446
tuples, 161-164
setattr(), 415-417
__setattr__ method, 415-417, 458
Set_Global(), 593
__setitem__ method, 268, 411
sets, 31-35, 462-479
moving to dictionaries, 469-472
shared mutable objects, 276-279
shell tools, 12-23, 81-117, 159-164, 356, 507
ShellGui module, 349-351
shells
command-line interpreter as, 74
commands, running in Python, 115
globbing and redirection, 113
shelve module, 41-47
shelves, 390
shortening code, 133-135
signals, 727
silent mode, 165
simplicity of programming, 195, 207
single quotes ('), 104
size, data types, 831
slices, 22, 86, 106-109, 128, 829
slice assignment, 108
SmallTalk language, 701
sockets, 727-729
sort(), 398, 500
sorting sequences, 498-500
source code
#! line, 113
building Python from, 68
compiled/precompiled, 294
getting from Web, xx, 71
(see also code)
spawn(), 332, 334
special
attribute names, 784
characters, 119, 774
speed (see performance)
split(), 641
splitfields(), 641
splitting strings, 47-50
stack_as_sequence struct, 542
stacks, 28-31, 438-462
comparing, 550
stack dump, 361
Stacktype struct, 542
statements, 13, 92-95, 759-761, 816-819
implicitly ending, 100-101
loops (see loops)
multiple-line, 100
static
binding, 517, 545
language build cycle, 699
members, 234, 855
stacks class data, 450
stderr stream, 96, 117
stdin stream, 95, 132
stdio filesystem, 97
stdout stream, 95
stopping (see exiting)
__str__ method, 458
streams, redirecting, 21-23
string module, 641-645, 784
string objects, 47-50, 103, 197, 764, 825
C extension modules, 509
code (see embedding Python; extensions)
comparing, 91
concatenating, 108
documentation, 752
escape codes, 119, 774
formatting codes for, 775
formatting with %, 160
immutability of, 106, 109
regular expressions, 645-656
repetition, 125
rule, 642-644
structure, programming, 13
stub wrapper classes, 563-566, 625-630
subclasses (see classes)
subset(), 494
substitution, string, 647, 656
substrings (see strings)
suffixes, filename, 520
summing columns, 641
SWIG system, 635
switch statement (see elif clause)
symbols, 744, 769
syntax, Python, 98
SyntaxError exception, 770
sys module, 84, 117, 841
system administration, 81
scripts for (see shell tools)
system(), 117
system load (see performance)
T[ Top ]
\t for tabs, 119
table browser GUI, 393-424
Tcl language, 69, 382, 700
tear-off menus, 325
testing
data types, 212
extensions, 529-532, 547-552
FormGui interface, 402-410
formtbl extensions, 417-420
GuiMaker class, 337
menu functions, 213
mixin methods, 333
sequence permutations, 495
set classes, 465
set functions, 463-464
unit testing, 173
validation, 613, 618
text
processing, 47-53, 640-675
ScrolledText class, 333
this instance pointer (C++), 854
timer module, S, 454-455, 552
Tix library, 750
Tk language, 69, 382, 750
Tkinter module, 70, 307, 380-384
GUI system, 742, 754
Python debugger, 750
Tix library, 750
tkinter extension module, 69
tokens, 769
toolbars, 323-329
GuiMaker class, 334-339
TOP constant, 311
traceback object, 753
transitive imports, 177, 179-180
translating
conversion codes, 523-524
Python to/from C, 520-524, 576, 757
Tcl/Tk to Python/Tkinter, 382
trees, class, 27
troubleshooting, 71-72
circular imports, 173
reloading modules, 178
trusted code execution, 753
try statement, 22, 128, 361, 761, 851-853
exception handling, 131-132, 148, 191
tuples, 161-164, 191-192, 197, 766, 823
stacks and, 450-455
tuple packing, 22
(see also lists)
type(), 212
type descriptors, 541-542, 566-568
type methods, 258
types (see data types)
types module, 212
U[ Top ]
unbound methods, 257
underline option, 327
union() (see sets)
unions, set, 31
unit testing, 173
unparsing (see processing)
unqualified names, 199, 241-244
updating windows, 379
user interface (see GUI; interface)
V[ Top ]
validation, 216, 285-290, 609-620
van Rossum, Guido, 3, 72
variable-length argument lists, 162-164
variables, 88, 155, 198, 815
declaring, 85
environment, 66
in functions, 144-147
inheritance and, 229
linking to entry fields, 355
loading (see from statement; import statement; reload())
Python module, in C, 593
starting with _ (underscore), 126
vectors, 37-39
virtual inheritance, 856
virtual methods, 854
visual Python, 757
W[ Top ]
Watters, Aaron, 708
Web (see World Wide Web)
while loop, 127-128, 761, 818
whitespace, 50, 101, 654-656
character escapes for, 119, 774
widgets, 26
windows, 25
(see also GUI)
Windows port for Python, 722-725
World Wide Web
getting binaries from, 71
Python home page, 72
Python tools for, 718-722, 732-737, 743
WPY system, 738-742
wrapper classes, 421-424, 563-566, 625-630
wrapper modules, 57-60
write(), 118
WWW (see World Wide Web)
wxPython system, 738-742
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