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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-05-07 01:49:07 (GMT)
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-\chapter{Introduction}
-\label{intro}
-
-The ``Python library'' contains several different kinds of components.
-
-It contains data types that would normally be considered part of the
-``core'' of a language, such as numbers and lists. For these types,
-the Python language core defines the form of literals and places some
-constraints on their semantics, but does not fully define the
-semantics. (On the other hand, the language core does define
-syntactic properties like the spelling and priorities of operators.)
-
-The library also contains built-in functions and exceptions ---
-objects that can be used by all Python code without the need of an
-\keyword{import} statement. Some of these are defined by the core
-language, but many are not essential for the core semantics and are
-only described here.
-
-The bulk of the library, however, consists of a collection of modules.
-There are many ways to dissect this collection. Some modules are
-written in C and built in to the Python interpreter; others are
-written in Python and imported in source form. Some modules provide
-interfaces that are highly specific to Python, like printing a stack
-trace; some provide interfaces that are specific to particular
-operating systems, like socket I/O; others provide interfaces that are
-specific to a particular application domain, like the World-Wide Web.
-Some modules are avaiable in all versions and ports of Python; others
-are only available when the underlying system supports or requires
-them; yet others are available only when a particular configuration
-option was chosen at the time when Python was compiled and installed.
-
-This manual is organized ``from the inside out'': it first describes
-the built-in data types, then the built-in functions and exceptions,
-and finally the modules, grouped in chapters of related modules. The
-ordering of the chapters as well as the ordering of the modules within
-each chapter is roughly from most relevant to least important.
-
-This means that if you start reading this manual from the start, and
-skip to the next chapter when you get bored, you will get a reasonable
-overview of the available modules and application areas that are
-supported by the Python library. Of course, you don't \emph{have} to
-read it like a novel --- you can also browse the table of contents (in
-front of the manual), or look for a specific function, module or term
-in the index (in the back). And finally, if you enjoy learning about
-random subjects, you choose a random page number (see module
-\module{rand}) and read a section or two.
-
-Let the show begin!