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-\documentclass{manual}
-
-\title{Python Reference Manual}
-
-\input{boilerplate}
-
-\makeindex
-
-\begin{document}
-
-\maketitle
-
-\input{copyright}
-
-\begin{abstract}
-
-\noindent
-Python is a simple, yet powerful, interpreted programming language
-that bridges the gap between C and shell programming, and is thus
-ideally suited for ``throw-away programming'' and rapid prototyping.
-Its syntax is put together from constructs borrowed from a variety of
-other languages; most prominent are influences from ABC, C, Modula-3
-and Icon.
-
-The Python interpreter is easily extended with new functions and data
-types implemented in C. Python is also suitable as an extension
-language for highly customizable C applications such as editors or
-window managers.
-
-Python is available for various operating systems, amongst which
-several flavors of {\UNIX} (including Linux), the Apple Macintosh O.S.,
-MS-DOS, MS-Windows 3.1, Windows NT, and OS/2.
-
-This reference manual describes the syntax and ``core semantics'' of
-the language. It is terse, but attempts to be exact and complete.
-The semantics of non-essential built-in object types and of the
-built-in functions and modules are described in the {\em Python
-Library Reference}. For an informal introduction to the language, see
-the {\em Python Tutorial}.
-
-\end{abstract}
-
-\tableofcontents
-
-\include{ref1} % Introduction
-\include{ref2} % Lexical analysis
-\include{ref3} % Data model
-\include{ref4} % Execution model
-\include{ref5} % Expressions and conditions
-\include{ref6} % Simple statements
-\include{ref7} % Compound statements
-\include{ref8} % Top-level components
-
-\input{ref.ind}
-
-\end{document}
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-\chapter{Introduction}
-
-This reference manual describes the Python programming language.
-It is not intended as a tutorial.
-
-While I am trying to be as precise as possible, I chose to use English
-rather than formal specifications for everything except syntax and
-lexical analysis. This should make the document more understandable
-to the average reader, but will leave room for ambiguities.
-Consequently, if you were coming from Mars and tried to re-implement
-Python from this document alone, you might have to guess things and in
-fact you would probably end up implementing quite a different language.
-On the other hand, if you are using
-Python and wonder what the precise rules about a particular area of
-the language are, you should definitely be able to find them here.
-
-It is dangerous to add too many implementation details to a language
-reference document --- the implementation may change, and other
-implementations of the same language may work differently. On the
-other hand, there is currently only one Python implementation, and
-its particular quirks are sometimes worth being mentioned, especially
-where the implementation imposes additional limitations. Therefore,
-you'll find short ``implementation notes'' sprinkled throughout the
-text.
-
-Every Python implementation comes with a number of built-in and
-standard modules. These are not documented here, but in the separate
-{\em Python Library Reference} document. A few built-in modules are
-mentioned when they interact in a significant way with the language
-definition.
-
-\section{Notation}
-
-The descriptions of lexical analysis and syntax use a modified BNF
-grammar notation. This uses the following style of definition:
-\index{BNF}
-\index{grammar}
-\index{syntax}
-\index{notation}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-name: lc_letter (lc_letter | "_")*
-lc_letter: "a"..."z"
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The first line says that a \verb@name@ is an \verb@lc_letter@ followed by
-a sequence of zero or more \verb@lc_letter@s and underscores. An
-\verb@lc_letter@ in turn is any of the single characters `a' through `z'.
-(This rule is actually adhered to for the names defined in lexical and
-grammar rules in this document.)
-
-Each rule begins with a name (which is the name defined by the rule)
-and a colon. A vertical bar (\verb@|@) is used to separate
-alternatives; it is the least binding operator in this notation. A
-star (\verb@*@) means zero or more repetitions of the preceding item;
-likewise, a plus (\verb@+@) means one or more repetitions, and a
-phrase enclosed in square brackets (\verb@[ ]@) means zero or one
-occurrences (in other words, the enclosed phrase is optional). The
-\verb@*@ and \verb@+@ operators bind as tightly as possible;
-parentheses are used for grouping. Literal strings are enclosed in
-quotes. White space is only meaningful to separate tokens.
-Rules are normally contained on a single line; rules with many
-alternatives may be formatted alternatively with each line after the
-first beginning with a vertical bar.
-
-In lexical definitions (as the example above), two more conventions
-are used: Two literal characters separated by three dots mean a choice
-of any single character in the given (inclusive) range of \ASCII{}
-characters. A phrase between angular brackets (\verb@<...>@) gives an
-informal description of the symbol defined; e.g. this could be used
-to describe the notion of `control character' if needed.
-\index{lexical definitions}
-\index{ASCII}
-
-Even though the notation used is almost the same, there is a big
-difference between the meaning of lexical and syntactic definitions:
-a lexical definition operates on the individual characters of the
-input source, while a syntax definition operates on the stream of
-tokens generated by the lexical analysis. All uses of BNF in the next
-chapter (``Lexical Analysis'') are lexical definitions; uses in
-subsequent chapters are syntactic definitions.
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-\chapter{Lexical analysis}
-
-A Python program is read by a {\em parser}. Input to the parser is a
-stream of {\em tokens}, generated by the {\em lexical analyzer}. This
-chapter describes how the lexical analyzer breaks a file into tokens.
-\index{lexical analysis}
-\index{parser}
-\index{token}
-
-\section{Line structure}
-
-A Python program is divided in a number of logical lines. The end of
-a logical line is represented by the token NEWLINE. Statements cannot
-cross logical line boundaries except where NEWLINE is allowed by the
-syntax (e.g. between statements in compound statements).
-\index{line structure}
-\index{logical line}
-\index{NEWLINE token}
-
-\subsection{Comments}
-
-A comment starts with a hash character (\verb@#@) that is not part of
-a string literal, and ends at the end of the physical line. A comment
-always signifies the end of the logical line. Comments are ignored by
-the syntax.
-\index{comment}
-\index{logical line}
-\index{physical line}
-\index{hash character}
-
-\subsection{Explicit line joining}
-
-Two or more physical lines may be joined into logical lines using
-backslash characters (\verb/\/), as follows: when a physical line ends
-in a backslash that is not part of a string literal or comment, it is
-joined with the following forming a single logical line, deleting the
-backslash and the following end-of-line character. For example:
-\index{physical line}
-\index{line joining}
-\index{line continuation}
-\index{backslash character}
-%
-\begin{verbatim}
-if 1900 < year < 2100 and 1 <= month <= 12 \
- and 1 <= day <= 31 and 0 <= hour < 24 \
- and 0 <= minute < 60 and 0 <= second < 60: # Looks like a valid date
- return 1
-\end{verbatim}
-
-A line ending in a backslash cannot carry a comment; a backslash does
-not continue a comment (but it does continue a string literal, see
-below).
-
-\subsection{Implicit line joining}
-
-Expressions in parentheses, square brackets or curly braces can be
-split over more than one physical line without using backslashes.
-For example:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-month_names = ['Januari', 'Februari', 'Maart', # These are the
- 'April', 'Mei', 'Juni', # Dutch names
- 'Juli', 'Augustus', 'September', # for the months
- 'Oktober', 'November', 'December'] # of the year
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Implicitly continued lines can carry comments. The indentation of the
-continuation lines is not important. Blank continuation lines are
-allowed.
-
-\subsection{Blank lines}
-
-A logical line that contains only spaces, tabs, and possibly a
-comment, is ignored (i.e., no NEWLINE token is generated), except that
-during interactive input of statements, an entirely blank logical line
-terminates a multi-line statement.
-\index{blank line}
-
-\subsection{Indentation}
-
-Leading whitespace (spaces and tabs) at the beginning of a logical
-line is used to compute the indentation level of the line, which in
-turn is used to determine the grouping of statements.
-\index{indentation}
-\index{whitespace}
-\index{leading whitespace}
-\index{space}
-\index{tab}
-\index{grouping}
-\index{statement grouping}
-
-First, tabs are replaced (from left to right) by one to eight spaces
-such that the total number of characters up to there is a multiple of
-eight (this is intended to be the same rule as used by {\UNIX}). The
-total number of spaces preceding the first non-blank character then
-determines the line's indentation. Indentation cannot be split over
-multiple physical lines using backslashes.
-
-The indentation levels of consecutive lines are used to generate
-INDENT and DEDENT tokens, using a stack, as follows.
-\index{INDENT token}
-\index{DEDENT token}
-
-Before the first line of the file is read, a single zero is pushed on
-the stack; this will never be popped off again. The numbers pushed on
-the stack will always be strictly increasing from bottom to top. At
-the beginning of each logical line, the line's indentation level is
-compared to the top of the stack. If it is equal, nothing happens.
-If it is larger, it is pushed on the stack, and one INDENT token is
-generated. If it is smaller, it {\em must} be one of the numbers
-occurring on the stack; all numbers on the stack that are larger are
-popped off, and for each number popped off a DEDENT token is
-generated. At the end of the file, a DEDENT token is generated for
-each number remaining on the stack that is larger than zero.
-
-Here is an example of a correctly (though confusingly) indented piece
-of Python code:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-def perm(l):
- # Compute the list of all permutations of l
-
- if len(l) <= 1:
- return [l]
- r = []
- for i in range(len(l)):
- s = l[:i] + l[i+1:]
- p = perm(s)
- for x in p:
- r.append(l[i:i+1] + x)
- return r
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The following example shows various indentation errors:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
- def perm(l): # error: first line indented
- for i in range(len(l)): # error: not indented
- s = l[:i] + l[i+1:]
- p = perm(l[:i] + l[i+1:]) # error: unexpected indent
- for x in p:
- r.append(l[i:i+1] + x)
- return r # error: inconsistent dedent
-\end{verbatim}
-
-(Actually, the first three errors are detected by the parser; only the
-last error is found by the lexical analyzer --- the indentation of
-\verb@return r@ does not match a level popped off the stack.)
-
-\section{Other tokens}
-
-Besides NEWLINE, INDENT and DEDENT, the following categories of tokens
-exist: identifiers, keywords, literals, operators, and delimiters.
-Spaces and tabs are not tokens, but serve to delimit tokens. Where
-ambiguity exists, a token comprises the longest possible string that
-forms a legal token, when read from left to right.
-
-\section{Identifiers}
-
-Identifiers (also referred to as names) are described by the following
-lexical definitions:
-\index{identifier}
-\index{name}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-identifier: (letter|"_") (letter|digit|"_")*
-letter: lowercase | uppercase
-lowercase: "a"..."z"
-uppercase: "A"..."Z"
-digit: "0"..."9"
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Identifiers are unlimited in length. Case is significant.
-
-\subsection{Keywords}
-
-The following identifiers are used as reserved words, or {\em
-keywords} of the language, and cannot be used as ordinary
-identifiers. They must be spelled exactly as written here:
-\index{keyword}
-\index{reserved word}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-and elif global not try
-break else if or while
-class except import pass
-continue finally in print
-def for is raise
-del from lambda return
-\end{verbatim}
-
-% When adding keywords, pipe it through keywords.py for reformatting
-
-\section{Literals} \label{literals}
-
-Literals are notations for constant values of some built-in types.
-\index{literal}
-\index{constant}
-
-\subsection{String literals}
-
-String literals are described by the following lexical definitions:
-\index{string literal}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-stringliteral: shortstring | longstring
-shortstring: "'" shortstringitem* "'" | '"' shortstringitem* '"'
-longstring: "'''" longstringitem* "'''" | '"""' longstringitem* '"""'
-shortstringitem: shortstringchar | escapeseq
-longstringitem: longstringchar | escapeseq
-shortstringchar: <any ASCII character except "\" or newline or the quote>
-longstringchar: <any ASCII character except "\">
-escapeseq: "\" <any ASCII character>
-\end{verbatim}
-\index{ASCII}
-
-In ``long strings'' (strings surrounded by sets of three quotes),
-unescaped newlines and quotes are allowed (and are retained), except
-that three unescaped quotes in a row terminate the string. (A
-``quote'' is the character used to open the string, i.e. either
-\verb/'/ or \verb/"/.)
-
-Escape sequences in strings are interpreted according to rules similar
-to those used by Standard C. The recognized escape sequences are:
-\index{physical line}
-\index{escape sequence}
-\index{Standard C}
-\index{C}
-
-\begin{center}
-\begin{tabular}{|l|l|}
-\hline
-\verb/\/{\em newline} & Ignored \\
-\verb/\\/ & Backslash (\verb/\/) \\
-\verb/\'/ & Single quote (\verb/'/) \\
-\verb/\"/ & Double quote (\verb/"/) \\
-\verb/\a/ & \ASCII{} Bell (BEL) \\
-\verb/\b/ & \ASCII{} Backspace (BS) \\
-%\verb/\E/ & \ASCII{} Escape (ESC) \\
-\verb/\f/ & \ASCII{} Formfeed (FF) \\
-\verb/\n/ & \ASCII{} Linefeed (LF) \\
-\verb/\r/ & \ASCII{} Carriage Return (CR) \\
-\verb/\t/ & \ASCII{} Horizontal Tab (TAB) \\
-\verb/\v/ & \ASCII{} Vertical Tab (VT) \\
-\verb/\/{\em ooo} & \ASCII{} character with octal value {\em ooo} \\
-\verb/\x/{\em xx...} & \ASCII{} character with hex value {\em xx...} \\
-\hline
-\end{tabular}
-\end{center}
-\index{ASCII}
-
-In strict compatibility with Standard C, up to three octal digits are
-accepted, but an unlimited number of hex digits is taken to be part of
-the hex escape (and then the lower 8 bits of the resulting hex number
-are used in all current implementations...).
-
-All unrecognized escape sequences are left in the string unchanged,
-i.e., {\em the backslash is left in the string.} (This behavior is
-useful when debugging: if an escape sequence is mistyped, the
-resulting output is more easily recognized as broken. It also helps a
-great deal for string literals used as regular expressions or
-otherwise passed to other modules that do their own escape handling.)
-\index{unrecognized escape sequence}
-
-\subsection{Numeric literals}
-
-There are three types of numeric literals: plain integers, long
-integers, and floating point numbers.
-\index{number}
-\index{numeric literal}
-\index{integer literal}
-\index{plain integer literal}
-\index{long integer literal}
-\index{floating point literal}
-\index{hexadecimal literal}
-\index{octal literal}
-\index{decimal literal}
-
-Integer and long integer literals are described by the following
-lexical definitions:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-longinteger: integer ("l"|"L")
-integer: decimalinteger | octinteger | hexinteger
-decimalinteger: nonzerodigit digit* | "0"
-octinteger: "0" octdigit+
-hexinteger: "0" ("x"|"X") hexdigit+
-
-nonzerodigit: "1"..."9"
-octdigit: "0"..."7"
-hexdigit: digit|"a"..."f"|"A"..."F"
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Although both lower case `l' and upper case `L' are allowed as suffix
-for long integers, it is strongly recommended to always use `L', since
-the letter `l' looks too much like the digit `1'.
-
-Plain integer decimal literals must be at most 2147483647 (i.e., the
-largest positive integer, using 32-bit arithmetic). Plain octal and
-hexadecimal literals may be as large as 4294967295, but values larger
-than 2147483647 are converted to a negative value by subtracting
-4294967296. There is no limit for long integer literals apart from
-what can be stored in available memory.
-
-Some examples of plain and long integer literals:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-7 2147483647 0177 0x80000000
-3L 79228162514264337593543950336L 0377L 0x100000000L
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Floating point literals are described by the following lexical
-definitions:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-floatnumber: pointfloat | exponentfloat
-pointfloat: [intpart] fraction | intpart "."
-exponentfloat: (intpart | pointfloat) exponent
-intpart: digit+
-fraction: "." digit+
-exponent: ("e"|"E") ["+"|"-"] digit+
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The allowed range of floating point literals is
-implementation-dependent.
-
-Some examples of floating point literals:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-3.14 10. .001 1e100 3.14e-10
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Note that numeric literals do not include a sign; a phrase like
-\verb@-1@ is actually an expression composed of the operator
-\verb@-@ and the literal \verb@1@.
-
-\section{Operators}
-
-The following tokens are operators:
-\index{operators}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-+ - * / %
-<< >> & | ^ ~
-< == > <= <> != >=
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The comparison operators \verb@<>@ and \verb@!=@ are alternate
-spellings of the same operator.
-
-\section{Delimiters}
-
-The following tokens serve as delimiters or otherwise have a special
-meaning:
-\index{delimiters}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-( ) [ ] { }
-, : . " ` '
-= ;
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The following printing \ASCII{} characters are not used in Python. Their
-occurrence outside string literals and comments is an unconditional
-error:
-\index{ASCII}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-@ $ ?
-\end{verbatim}
-
-They may be used by future versions of the language though!
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-\chapter{Data model}
-
-\section{Objects, values and types}
-
-\dfn{Objects} are Python's abstraction for data. All data in a Python
-program is represented by objects or by relations between objects.
-(In a sense, and in conformance to Von Neumann's model of a
-``stored program computer'', code is also represented by objects.)
-\index{object}
-\index{data}
-
-Every object has an identity, a type and a value. An object's
-\emph{identity} never changes once it has been created; you may think
-of it as the object's address in memory. An object's \dfn{type} is
-also unchangeable. It determines the operations that an object
-supports (e.g.\ ``does it have a length?'') and also defines the
-possible values for objects of that type. The \emph{value} of some
-objects can change. Objects whose value can change are said to be
-\emph{mutable}; objects whose value is unchangeable once they are
-created are called \emph{immutable}. The type determines an object's
-(im)mutability.
-\index{identity of an object}
-\index{value of an object}
-\index{type of an object}
-\index{mutable object}
-\index{immutable object}
-
-Objects are never explicitly destroyed; however, when they become
-unreachable they may be garbage-collected. An implementation is
-allowed to delay garbage collection or omit it altogether --- it is a
-matter of implementation quality how garbage collection is
-implemented, as long as no objects are collected that are still
-reachable. (Implementation note: the current implementation uses a
-reference-counting scheme which collects most objects as soon as they
-become unreachable, but never collects garbage containing circular
-references.)
-\index{garbage collection}
-\index{reference counting}
-\index{unreachable object}
-
-Note that the use of the implementation's tracing or debugging
-facilities may keep objects alive that would normally be collectable.
-
-Some objects contain references to ``external'' resources such as open
-files or windows. It is understood that these resources are freed
-when the object is garbage-collected, but since garbage collection is
-not guaranteed to happen, such objects also provide an explicit way to
-release the external resource, usually a \method{close()} method.
-Programs are strongly recommended to always explicitly close such
-objects.
-
-Some objects contain references to other objects; these are called
-\emph{containers}. Examples of containers are tuples, lists and
-dictionaries. The references are part of a container's value. In
-most cases, when we talk about the value of a container, we imply the
-values, not the identities of the contained objects; however, when we
-talk about the (im)mutability of a container, only the identities of
-the immediately contained objects are implied. (So, if an immutable
-container contains a reference to a mutable object, its value changes
-if that mutable object is changed.)
-\index{container}
-
-Types affect almost all aspects of objects' lives. Even the meaning
-of object identity is affected in some sense: for immutable types,
-operations that compute new values may actually return a reference to
-any existing object with the same type and value, while for mutable
-objects this is not allowed. E.g. after
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-a = 1; b = 1; c = []; d = []
-\end{verbatim}
-
-\code{a} and \code{b} may or may not refer to the same object with the
-value one, depending on the implementation, but \code{c} and \code{d}
-are guaranteed to refer to two different, unique, newly created empty
-lists.
-
-\section{The standard type hierarchy} \label{types}
-
-Below is a list of the types that are built into Python. Extension
-modules written in C can define additional types. Future versions of
-Python may add types to the type hierarchy (e.g.\ rational or complex
-numbers, efficiently stored arrays of integers, etc.).
-\index{type}
-\indexii{data}{type}
-\indexii{type}{hierarchy}
-\indexii{extension}{module}
-\indexii{C}{language}
-
-Some of the type descriptions below contain a paragraph listing
-`special attributes'. These are attributes that provide access to the
-implementation and are not intended for general use. Their definition
-may change in the future. There are also some `generic' special
-attributes, not listed with the individual objects: \member{__methods__}
-is a list of the method names of a built-in object, if it has any;
-\member{__members__} is a list of the data attribute names of a built-in
-object, if it has any.
-\index{attribute}
-\indexii{special}{attribute}
-\indexiii{generic}{special}{attribute}
-\ttindex{__methods__}
-\ttindex{__members__}
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[None]
-This type has a single value. There is a single object with this value.
-This object is accessed through the built-in name \code{None}.
-It is returned from functions that don't explicitly return an object.
-\ttindex{None}
-\obindex{None@{\tt None}}
-
-\item[Numbers]
-These are created by numeric literals and returned as results by
-arithmetic operators and arithmetic built-in functions. Numeric
-objects are immutable; once created their value never changes. Python
-numbers are of course strongly related to mathematical numbers, but
-subject to the limitations of numerical representation in computers.
-\obindex{number}
-\obindex{numeric}
-
-Python distinguishes between integers and floating point numbers:
-
-\begin{description}
-\item[Integers]
-These represent elements from the mathematical set of whole numbers.
-\obindex{integer}
-
-There are two types of integers:
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[Plain integers]
-These represent numbers in the range -2147483648 through 2147483647.
-(The range may be larger on machines with a larger natural word
-size, but not smaller.)
-When the result of an operation falls outside this range, the
-exception \exception{OverflowError} is raised.
-For the purpose of shift and mask operations, integers are assumed to
-have a binary, 2's complement notation using 32 or more bits, and
-hiding no bits from the user (i.e., all 4294967296 different bit
-patterns correspond to different values).
-\obindex{plain integer}
-\withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{OverflowError}}
-
-\item[Long integers]
-These represent numbers in an unlimited range, subject to available
-(virtual) memory only. For the purpose of shift and mask operations,
-a binary representation is assumed, and negative numbers are
-represented in a variant of 2's complement which gives the illusion of
-an infinite string of sign bits extending to the left.
-\obindex{long integer}
-
-\end{description} % Integers
-
-The rules for integer representation are intended to give the most
-meaningful interpretation of shift and mask operations involving
-negative integers and the least surprises when switching between the
-plain and long integer domains. For any operation except left shift,
-if it yields a result in the plain integer domain without causing
-overflow, it will yield the same result in the long integer domain or
-when using mixed operands.
-\indexii{integer}{representation}
-
-\item[Floating point numbers]
-These represent machine-level double precision floating point numbers.
-You are at the mercy of the underlying machine architecture and
-C implementation for the accepted range and handling of overflow.
-\obindex{floating point}
-\indexii{floating point}{number}
-\indexii{C}{language}
-
-\end{description} % Numbers
-
-\item[Sequences]
-These represent finite ordered sets indexed by natural numbers.
-The built-in function \function{len()}\bifuncindex{len} returns the
-number of elements of a sequence. When this number is \var{n}, the
-index set contains the numbers 0, 1, \ldots, \var{n}-1. Element
-\var{i} of sequence \var{a} is selected by \code{\var{a}[\var{i}]}.
-\obindex{seqence}
-\index{index operation}
-\index{item selection}
-\index{subscription}
-
-Sequences also support slicing: \code{\var{a}[\var{i}:\var{j}]}
-selects all elements with index \var{k} such that \var{i} \code{<=}
-\var{k} \code{<} \var{j}. When used as an expression, a slice is a
-sequence of the same type --- this implies that the index set is
-renumbered so that it starts at 0 again.
-\index{slicing}
-
-Sequences are distinguished according to their mutability:
-
-\begin{description}
-%
-\item[Immutable sequences]
-An object of an immutable sequence type cannot change once it is
-created. (If the object contains references to other objects,
-these other objects may be mutable and may be changed; however
-the collection of objects directly referenced by an immutable object
-cannot change.)
-\obindex{immutable sequence}
-\obindex{immutable}
-
-The following types are immutable sequences:
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[Strings]
-The elements of a string are characters. There is no separate
-character type; a character is represented by a string of one element.
-Characters represent (at least) 8-bit bytes. The built-in
-functions \function{chr()}\bifuncindex{chr} and
-\function{ord()}\bifuncindex{ord} convert between characters and
-nonnegative integers representing the byte values. Bytes with the
-values 0-127 represent the corresponding \ASCII{} values. The string
-data type is also used to represent arrays of bytes, e.g.\ to hold data
-read from a file.
-\obindex{string}
-\index{character}
-\index{byte}
-\index{ASCII}
-
-(On systems whose native character set is not \ASCII{}, strings may use
-EBCDIC in their internal representation, provided the functions
-\function{chr()} and \function{ord()} implement a mapping between \ASCII{} and
-EBCDIC, and string comparison preserves the \ASCII{} order.
-Or perhaps someone can propose a better rule?)
-\index{ASCII}
-\index{EBCDIC}
-\index{character set}
-\indexii{string}{comparison}
-\bifuncindex{chr}
-\bifuncindex{ord}
-
-\item[Tuples]
-The elements of a tuple are arbitrary Python objects.
-Tuples of two or more elements are formed by comma-separated lists
-of expressions. A tuple of one element (a `singleton') can be formed
-by affixing a comma to an expression (an expression by itself does
-not create a tuple, since parentheses must be usable for grouping of
-expressions). An empty tuple can be formed by enclosing `nothing' in
-parentheses.
-\obindex{tuple}
-\indexii{singleton}{tuple}
-\indexii{empty}{tuple}
-
-\end{description} % Immutable sequences
-
-\item[Mutable sequences]
-Mutable sequences can be changed after they are created. The
-subscription and slicing notations can be used as the target of
-assignment and \keyword{del} (delete) statements.
-\obindex{mutable sequece}
-\obindex{mutable}
-\indexii{assignment}{statement}
-\index{delete}
-\stindex{del}
-\index{subscription}
-\index{slicing}
-
-There is currently a single mutable sequence type:
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[Lists]
-The elements of a list are arbitrary Python objects. Lists are formed
-by placing a comma-separated list of expressions in square brackets.
-(Note that there are no special cases needed to form lists of length 0
-or 1.)
-\obindex{list}
-
-\end{description} % Mutable sequences
-
-\end{description} % Sequences
-
-\item[Mapping types]
-These represent finite sets of objects indexed by arbitrary index sets.
-The subscript notation \code{a[k]} selects the element indexed
-by \code{k} from the mapping \code{a}; this can be used in
-expressions and as the target of assignments or \keyword{del} statements.
-The built-in function \function{len()} returns the number of elements
-in a mapping.
-\bifuncindex{len}
-\index{subscription}
-\obindex{mapping}
-
-There is currently a single mapping type:
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[Dictionaries]
-These represent finite sets of objects indexed by almost arbitrary
-values. The only types of values not acceptable as keys are values
-containing lists or dictionaries or other mutable types that are
-compared by value rather than by object identity --- the reason being
-that the implementation requires that a key's hash value be constant.
-Numeric types used for keys obey the normal rules for numeric
-comparison: if two numbers compare equal (e.g.\ \code{1} and
-\code{1.0}) then they can be used interchangeably to index the same
-dictionary entry.
-
-Dictionaries are mutable; they are created by the \code{...}
-notation (see section \ref{dict}).
-\obindex{dictionary}
-\obindex{mutable}
-
-\end{description} % Mapping types
-
-\item[Callable types]
-These are the types to which the function call (invocation) operation,
-written as \code{function(argument, argument, ...)}, can be applied:
-\indexii{function}{call}
-\index{invocation}
-\indexii{function}{argument}
-\obindex{callable}
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[User-defined functions]
-A user-defined function object is created by a function definition
-(see section \ref{function}). It should be called with an argument
-list containing the same number of items as the function's formal
-parameter list.
-\indexii{user-defined}{function}
-\obindex{function}
-\obindex{user-defined function}
-
-Special read-only attributes: \member{func_code} is the code object
-representing the compiled function body, and \member{func_globals} is (a
-reference to) the dictionary that holds the function's global
-variables --- it implements the global name space of the module in
-which the function was defined.
-\ttindex{func_code}
-\ttindex{func_globals}
-\indexii{global}{name space}
-
-\item[User-defined methods]
-A user-defined method (a.k.a. \dfn{object closure}) is a pair of a
-class instance object and a user-defined function. It should be
-called with an argument list containing one item less than the number
-of items in the function's formal parameter list. When called, the
-class instance becomes the first argument, and the call arguments are
-shifted one to the right.
-\obindex{method}
-\obindex{user-defined method}
-\indexii{user-defined}{method}
-\index{object closure}
-
-Special read-only attributes: \member{im_self} is the class instance
-object, \member{im_func} is the function object.
-\ttindex{im_func}
-\ttindex{im_self}
-
-\item[Built-in functions]
-A built-in function object is a wrapper around a C function. Examples
-of built-in functions are \function{len()} and \function{math.sin()}. There
-are no special attributes. The number and type of the arguments are
-determined by the C function.
-\obindex{built-in function}
-\obindex{function}
-\indexii{C}{language}
-
-\item[Built-in methods]
-This is really a different disguise of a built-in function, this time
-containing an object passed to the \C{} function as an implicit extra
-argument. An example of a built-in method is \code{\var{list}.append()} if
-\var{list} is a list object.
-\obindex{built-in method}
-\obindex{method}
-\indexii{built-in}{method}
-
-\item[Classes]
-Class objects are described below. When a class object is called as a
-function, a new class instance (also described below) is created and
-returned. This implies a call to the class's \method{__init__()} method
-if it has one. Any arguments are passed on to the \method{__init__()}
-method --- if there is no \method{__init__()} method, the class must be called
-without arguments.
-\ttindex{__init__}
-\obindex{class}
-\obindex{class instance}
-\obindex{instance}
-\indexii{class object}{call}
-
-\end{description}
-
-\item[Modules]
-Modules are imported by the \keyword{import} statement (see section
-\ref{import}). A module object is a container for a module's name
-space, which is a dictionary (the same dictionary as referenced by the
-\member{func_globals} attribute of functions defined in the module).
-Module attribute references are translated to lookups in this
-dictionary. A module object does not contain the code object used to
-initialize the module (since it isn't needed once the initialization
-is done).
-\stindex{import}
-\obindex{module}
-
-Attribute assignment update the module's name space dictionary.
-
-Special read-only attribute: \member{__dict__} yields the module's name
-space as a dictionary object. Predefined attributes: \member{__name__}
-yields the module's name as a string object; \member{__doc__} yields the
-module's documentation string as a string object, or
-\code{None} if no documentation string was found.
-\ttindex{__dict__}
-\ttindex{__name__}
-\ttindex{__doc__}
-\indexii{module}{name space}
-
-\item[Classes]
-Class objects are created by class definitions (see section
-\ref{class}). A class is a container for a dictionary containing the
-class's name space. Class attribute references are translated to
-lookups in this dictionary. When an attribute name is not found
-there, the attribute search continues in the base classes. The search
-is depth-first, left-to-right in the order of their occurrence in the
-base class list.
-\obindex{class}
-\obindex{class instance}
-\obindex{instance}
-\indexii{class object}{call}
-\index{container}
-\obindex{dictionary}
-\indexii{class}{attribute}
-
-Class attribute assignments update the class's dictionary, never the
-dictionary of a base class.
-\indexiii{class}{attribute}{assignment}
-
-A class can be called as a function to yield a class instance (see
-above).
-\indexii{class object}{call}
-
-Special read-only attributes: \member{__dict__} yields the dictionary
-containing the class's name space; \member{__bases__} yields a tuple
-(possibly empty or a singleton) containing the base classes, in the
-order of their occurrence in the base class list.
-\ttindex{__dict__}
-\ttindex{__bases__}
-
-\item[Class instances]
-A class instance is created by calling a class object as a
-function. A class instance has a dictionary in which
-attribute references are searched. When an attribute is not found
-there, and the instance's class has an attribute by that name, and
-that class attribute is a user-defined function (and in no other
-cases), the instance attribute reference yields a user-defined method
-object (see above) constructed from the instance and the function.
-\obindex{class instance}
-\obindex{instance}
-\indexii{class}{instance}
-\indexii{class instance}{attribute}
-
-Attribute assignments update the instance's dictionary.
-\indexiii{class instance}{attribute}{assignment}
-
-Class instances can pretend to be numbers, sequences, or mappings if
-they have methods with certain special names. These are described in
-section \ref{specialnames}.
-\obindex{number}
-\obindex{sequence}
-\obindex{mapping}
-
-Special read-only attributes: \member{__dict__} yields the attribute
-dictionary; \member{__class__} yields the instance's class.
-\ttindex{__dict__}
-\ttindex{__class__}
-
-\item[Files]
-A file object represents an open file. (It is a wrapper around a \C{}
-\code{stdio} file pointer.) File objects are created by the
-\function{open()} built-in function, and also by \function{posix.popen()} and
-the \method{makefile()} method of socket objects. \code{sys.stdin},
-\code{sys.stdout} and \code{sys.stderr} are file objects corresponding
-to the interpreter's standard input, output and error streams.
-See the \emph{Python Library Reference} for methods of file objects
-and other details.
-\obindex{file}
-\indexii{C}{language}
-\index{stdio}
-\bifuncindex{open}
-\bifuncindex{popen}
-\bifuncindex{makefile}
-\ttindex{stdin}
-\ttindex{stdout}
-\ttindex{stderr}
-\ttindex{sys.stdin}
-\ttindex{sys.stdout}
-\ttindex{sys.stderr}
-
-\item[Internal types]
-A few types used internally by the interpreter are exposed to the user.
-Their definition may change with future versions of the interpreter,
-but they are mentioned here for completeness.
-\index{internal type}
-\index{types, internal}
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[Code objects]
-Code objects represent ``pseudo-compiled'' executable Python code.
-The difference between a code
-object and a function object is that the function object contains an
-explicit reference to the function's context (the module in which it
-was defined) while a code object contains no context.
-\obindex{code}
-
-Special read-only attributes: \member{co_code} is a string representing
-the sequence of instructions; \member{co_consts} is a list of literals
-used by the code; \member{co_names} is a list of names (strings) used by
-the code; \member{co_filename} is the filename from which the code was
-compiled. (To find out the line numbers, you would have to decode the
-instructions; the standard library module
-\module{dis}\refstmodindex{dis} contains an example of how to do
-this.)
-\ttindex{co_code}
-\ttindex{co_consts}
-\ttindex{co_names}
-\ttindex{co_filename}
-
-\item[Frame objects]
-Frame objects represent execution frames. They may occur in traceback
-objects (see below).
-\obindex{frame}
-
-Special read-only attributes: \member{f_back} is to the previous
-stack frame (towards the caller), or \code{None} if this is the bottom
-stack frame; \member{f_code} is the code object being executed in this
-frame; \member{f_globals} is the dictionary used to look up global
-variables; \member{f_locals} is used for local variables;
-\member{f_lineno} gives the line number and \member{f_lasti} gives the
-precise instruction (this is an index into the instruction string of
-the code object).
-\ttindex{f_back}
-\ttindex{f_code}
-\ttindex{f_globals}
-\ttindex{f_locals}
-\ttindex{f_lineno}
-\ttindex{f_lasti}
-
-\item[Traceback objects] \label{traceback}
-Traceback objects represent a stack trace of an exception. A
-traceback object is created when an exception occurs. When the search
-for an exception handler unwinds the execution stack, at each unwound
-level a traceback object is inserted in front of the current
-traceback. When an exception handler is entered
-(see also section \ref{try}), the stack trace is
-made available to the program as \code{sys.exc_traceback}. When the
-program contains no suitable handler, the stack trace is written
-(nicely formatted) to the standard error stream; if the interpreter is
-interactive, it is also made available to the user as
-\code{sys.last_traceback}.
-\obindex{traceback}
-\indexii{stack}{trace}
-\indexii{exception}{handler}
-\indexii{execution}{stack}
-\ttindex{exc_traceback}
-\ttindex{last_traceback}
-\ttindex{sys.exc_traceback}
-\ttindex{sys.last_traceback}
-
-Special read-only attributes: \member{tb_next} is the next level in the
-stack trace (towards the frame where the exception occurred), or
-\code{None} if there is no next level; \member{tb_frame} points to the
-execution frame of the current level; \member{tb_lineno} gives the line
-number where the exception occurred; \member{tb_lasti} indicates the
-precise instruction. The line number and last instruction in the
-traceback may differ from the line number of its frame object if the
-exception occurred in a \keyword{try} statement with no matching
-except clause or with a finally clause.
-\ttindex{tb_next}
-\ttindex{tb_frame}
-\ttindex{tb_lineno}
-\ttindex{tb_lasti}
-\stindex{try}
-
-\end{description} % Internal types
-
-\end{description} % Types
-
-
-\section{Special method names} \label{specialnames}
-
-A class can implement certain operations that are invoked by special
-syntax (such as subscription or arithmetic operations) by defining
-methods with special names. For instance, if a class defines a
-method named \method{__getitem__()}, and \code{x} is an instance of this
-class, then \code{x[i]} is equivalent to \code{x.__getitem__(i)}.
-(The reverse is not true --- if \code{x} is a list object,
-\code{x.__getitem__(i)} is not equivalent to \code{x[i]}.)
-\ttindex{__getitem__}
-
-Except for \method{__repr__()}, \method{__str__()} and \method{__cmp__()},
-attempts to execute an
-operation raise an exception when no appropriate method is defined.
-For \method{__repr__()}, the default is to return a string describing the
-object's class and address.
-For \method{__cmp__()}, the default is to compare instances based on their
-address.
-For \method{__str__()}, the default is to use \method{__repr__()}.
-\ttindex{__repr__}
-\ttindex{__str__}
-\ttindex{__cmp__}
-
-
-\subsection{Special methods for any type}
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[{\tt __init__(self, args...)}]
-Called when the instance is created. The arguments are those passed
-to the class constructor expression. If a base class has an
-\code{__init__} method the derived class's \code{__init__} method must
-explicitly call it to ensure proper initialization of the base class
-part of the instance.
-\ttindex{__init__}
-\indexii{class}{constructor}
-
-
-\item[{\tt __del__(self)}]
-Called when the instance is about to be destroyed. If a base class
-has a \method{__del__()} method the derived class's \method{__del__()} method
-must explicitly call it to ensure proper deletion of the base class
-part of the instance. Note that it is possible for the \method{__del__()}
-method to postpone destruction of the instance by creating a new
-reference to it. It may then be called at a later time when this new
-reference is deleted. It is not guaranteed that
-\method{__del__()} methods are called for objects that still exist when
-the interpreter exits.
-If an exception occurs in a \method{__del__()} method, it is ignored, and
-a warning is printed on stderr.
-\ttindex{__del__}
-\stindex{del}
-
-Note that \code{del x} doesn't directly call \code{x.__del__()} --- the
-former decrements the reference count for \code{x} by one, but
-\code{x.__del__()} is only called when its reference count reaches zero.
-
-\strong{Warning:} due to the precarious circumstances under which
-\code{__del__()} methods are executed, exceptions that occur during
-their execution are \emph{ignored}.
-
-\item[{\tt __repr__(self)}]
-Called by the \function{repr()} built-in function and by string conversions
-(reverse or backward quotes) to compute the string representation of an object.
-\ttindex{__repr__}
-\bifuncindex{repr}
-\indexii{string}{conversion}
-\indexii{reverse}{quotes}
-\indexii{backward}{quotes}
-\index{back-quotes}
-
-\item[{\tt __str__(self)}]
-Called by the \function{str()} built-in function and by the \keyword{print}
-statement compute the string representation of an object.
-\ttindex{__str__}
-\bifuncindex{str}
-\stindex{print}
-
-\item[{\tt __cmp__(self, other)}]
-Called by all comparison operations. Should return \code{-1} if
-\code{self < other}, \code{0} if \code{self == other}, \code{+1} if
-\code{self > other}. If no \method{__cmp__()} operation is defined, class
-instances are compared by object identity (``address'').
-(Implementation note: due to limitations in the interpreter,
-exceptions raised by comparisons are ignored, and the objects will be
-considered equal in this case.)
-\ttindex{__cmp__}
-\bifuncindex{cmp}
-\index{comparisons}
-
-\item[{\tt __hash__(self)}]
-Called for the key object for dictionary operations,
-and by the built-in function
-\function{hash()}\bifuncindex{hash}. Should return a 32-bit integer
-usable as a hash value
-for dictionary operations. The only required property is that objects
-which compare equal have the same hash value; it is advised to somehow
-mix together (e.g.\ using exclusive or) the hash values for the
-components of the object that also play a part in comparison of
-objects. If a class does not define a \method{__cmp__()} method it should
-not define a \method{__hash__()} operation either; if it defines
-\method{__cmp__()} but not \method{__hash__()} its instances will not be
-usable as dictionary keys. If a class defines mutable objects and
-implements a \method{__cmp__()} method it should not implement
-\method{__hash__()}, since the dictionary implementation assumes that a
-key's hash value is a constant.
-\obindex{dictionary}
-\ttindex{__cmp__}
-\ttindex{__hash__}
-
-\item[{\tt __call__(self, *args)}]
-Called when the instance is ``called'' as a function.
-\ttindex{__call__}
-\indexii{call}{instance}
-
-\end{description}
-
-
-\subsection{Special methods for attribute access}
-
-The following methods can be used to change the meaning of attribute
-access for class instances.
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[{\tt __getattr__(self, name)}]
-Called when an attribute lookup has not found the attribute in the
-usual places (i.e. it is not an instance attribute nor is it found in
-the class tree for \code{self}). \code{name} is the attribute name.
-\ttindex{__getattr__}
-
-Note that if the attribute is found through the normal mechanism,
-\code{__getattr__} is not called. (This is an asymmetry between
-\code{__getattr__} and \code{__setattr__}.)
-This is done both for efficiency reasons and because otherwise
-\code{__getattr__} would have no way to access other attributes of the
-instance.
-Note that at least for instance variables, \code{__getattr__} can fake
-total control by simply not inserting any values in the instance
-attribute dictionary.
-\ttindex{__setattr__}
-
-\item[{\tt __setattr__(self, name, value)}]
-Called when an attribute assignment is attempted. This is called
-instead of the normal mechanism (i.e. store the value as an instance
-attribute). \code{name} is the attribute name, \code{value} is the
-value to be assigned to it.
-\ttindex{__setattr__}
-
-If \code{__setattr__} wants to assign to an instance attribute, it
-should not simply execute \code{self.\var{name} = value} --- this would
-cause a recursive call. Instead, it should insert the value in the
-dictionary of instance attributes, e.g.\ \code{self.__dict__[name] =
-value}.
-\ttindex{__dict__}
-
-\item[{\tt __delattr__(self, name)}]
-Like \code{__setattr__} but for attribute deletion instead of
-assignment.
-\ttindex{__delattr__}
-
-\end{description}
-
-
-\subsection{Special methods for sequence and mapping types}
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[{\tt __len__(self)}]
-Called to implement the built-in function \function{len()}. Should return
-the length of the object, an integer \code{>=} 0. Also, an object
-whose \method{__len__()} method returns 0 is considered to be false in a
-Boolean context.
-\ttindex{__len__}
-
-\item[{\tt __getitem__(self, key)}]
-Called to implement evaluation of \code{self[key]}. Note that the
-special interpretation of negative keys (if the class wishes to
-emulate a sequence type) is up to the \method{__getitem__()} method.
-\ttindex{__getitem__}
-
-\item[{\tt __setitem__(self, key, value)}]
-Called to implement assignment to \code{self[key]}. Same note as for
-\method{__getitem__()}.
-\ttindex{__setitem__}
-
-\item[{\tt __delitem__(self, key)}]
-Called to implement deletion of \code{self[key]}. Same note as for
-\method{__getitem__()}.
-\ttindex{__delitem__}
-
-\end{description}
-
-
-\subsection{Special methods for sequence types}
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[{\tt __getslice__(self, i, j)}]
-Called to implement evaluation of \code{self[i:j]}. Note that missing
-\code{i} or \code{j} are replaced by 0 or \code{len(self)},
-respectively, and \code{len(self)} has been added (once) to originally
-negative \code{i} or \code{j} by the time this function is called
-(unlike for \method{__getitem__()}).
-\ttindex{__getslice__}
-
-\item[{\tt __setslice__(self, i, j, sequence)}]
-Called to implement assignment to \code{self[i:j]}. Same notes as for
-\method{__getslice__()}.
-\ttindex{__setslice__}
-
-\item[{\tt __delslice__(self, i, j)}]
-Called to implement deletion of \code{self[i:j]}. Same notes as for
-\method{__getslice__()}.
-\ttindex{__delslice__}
-
-\end{description}
-
-
-\subsection{Special methods for numeric types}
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[{\tt __add__(self, other)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __sub__(self, other)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __mul__(self, other)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __div__(self, other)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __mod__(self, other)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __divmod__(self, other)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __pow__(self, other)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __lshift__(self, other)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __rshift__(self, other)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __and__(self, other)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __xor__(self, other)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __or__(self, other)}]\itembreak
-Called to implement the binary arithmetic operations (\code{+},
-\code{-}, \code{*}, \code{/}, \code{\%}, \function{divmod()}, \function{pow()},
-\code{<<}, \code{>>}, \code{\&}, \code{\^}, \code{|}).
-\ttindex{__or__}
-\ttindex{__xor__}
-\ttindex{__and__}
-\ttindex{__rshift__}
-\ttindex{__lshift__}
-\ttindex{__pow__}
-\ttindex{__divmod__}
-\ttindex{__mod__}
-\ttindex{__div__}
-\ttindex{__mul__}
-\ttindex{__sub__}
-\ttindex{__add__}
-
-\item[{\tt __neg__(self)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __pos__(self)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __abs__(self)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __invert__(self)}]\itembreak
-Called to implement the unary arithmetic operations (\code{-}, \code{+},
-\function{abs()} and \code{~}).
-\ttindex{__invert__}
-\ttindex{__abs__}
-\ttindex{__pos__}
-\ttindex{__neg__}
-
-\item[{\tt __nonzero__(self)}]
-Called to implement boolean testing; should return 0 or 1. An
-alternative name for this method is \method{__len__()}.
-\ttindex{__nonzero__}
-
-\item[{\tt __coerce__(self, other)}]
-Called to implement ``mixed-mode'' numeric arithmetic. Should either
-return a tuple containing self and other converted to a common numeric
-type, or None if no way of conversion is known. When the common type
-would be the type of other, it is sufficient to return None, since the
-interpreter will also ask the other object to attempt a coercion (but
-sometimes, if the implementation of the other type cannot be changed,
-it is useful to do the conversion to the other type here).
-\ttindex{__coerce__}
-
-Note that this method is not called to coerce the arguments to \code{+}
-and \code{*}, because these are also used to implement sequence
-concatenation and repetition, respectively. Also note that, for the
-same reason, in \code{\var{n} * \var{x}}, where \var{n} is a built-in
-number and \var{x} is an instance, a call to
-\code{\var{x}.__mul__(\var{n})} is made.%
-\footnote{The interpreter should really distinguish between
-user-defined classes implementing sequences, mappings or numbers, but
-currently it doesn't --- hence this strange exception.}
-\ttindex{__mul__}
-
-\item[{\tt __int__(self)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __long__(self)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __float__(self)}]\itembreak
-Called to implement the built-in functions \function{int()}, \function{long()}
-and \function{float()}. Should return a value of the appropriate type.
-\ttindex{__float__}
-\ttindex{__long__}
-\ttindex{__int__}
-
-\item[{\tt __oct__(self)}]\itemjoin
-\item[{\tt __hex__(self)}]\itembreak
-Called to implement the built-in functions \function{oct()} and
-\function{hex()}. Should return a string value.
-\ttindex{__hex__}
-\ttindex{__oct__}
-
-\end{description}
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-\chapter{Execution model}
-\index{execution model}
-
-\section{Code blocks, execution frames, and name spaces} \label{execframes}
-\index{code block}
-\indexii{execution}{frame}
-\index{name space}
-
-A {\em code block} is a piece of Python program text that can be
-executed as a unit, such as a module, a class definition or a function
-body. Some code blocks (like modules) are executed only once, others
-(like function bodies) may be executed many times. Code blocks may
-textually contain other code blocks. Code blocks may invoke other
-code blocks (that may or may not be textually contained in them) as
-part of their execution, e.g. by invoking (calling) a function.
-\index{code block}
-\indexii{code}{block}
-
-The following are code blocks: A module is a code block. A function
-body is a code block. A class definition is a code block. Each
-command typed interactively is a separate code block; a script file is
-a code block. The string argument passed to the built-in function
-\function{eval()} and to the \keyword{exec} statement are code blocks.
-And finally, the expression read and evaluated by the built-in
-function \function{input()} is a code block.
-
-A code block is executed in an execution frame. An {\em execution
-frame} contains some administrative information (used for debugging),
-determines where and how execution continues after the code block's
-execution has completed, and (perhaps most importantly) defines two
-name spaces, the local and the global name space, that affect
-execution of the code block.
-\indexii{execution}{frame}
-
-A {\em name space} is a mapping from names (identifiers) to objects.
-A particular name space may be referenced by more than one execution
-frame, and from other places as well. Adding a name to a name space
-is called {\em binding} a name (to an object); changing the mapping of
-a name is called {\em rebinding}; removing a name is {\em unbinding}.
-Name spaces are functionally equivalent to dictionaries.
-\index{name space}
-\indexii{binding}{name}
-\indexii{rebinding}{name}
-\indexii{unbinding}{name}
-
-The {\em local name space} of an execution frame determines the default
-place where names are defined and searched. The {\em global name
-space} determines the place where names listed in \keyword{global}
-statements are defined and searched, and where names that are not
-explicitly bound in the current code block are searched.
-\indexii{local}{name space}
-\indexii{global}{name space}
-\stindex{global}
-
-Whether a name is local or global in a code block is determined by
-static inspection of the source text for the code block: in the
-absence of \keyword{global} statements, a name that is bound anywhere in
-the code block is local in the entire code block; all other names are
-considered global. The \keyword{global} statement forces global
-interpretation of selected names throughout the code block. The
-following constructs bind names: formal parameters, \keyword{import}
-statements, class and function definitions (these bind the class or
-function name), and targets that are identifiers if occurring in an
-assignment, \keyword{for} loop header, or except clause header.
-
-A target occurring in a \keyword{del} statement is also considered bound
-for this purpose (though the actual semantics are to ``unbind'' the
-name).
-
-When a global name is not found in the global name space, it is
-searched in the list of ``built-in'' names (which is actually the
-global name space of the module \module{__builtin__}). When a name is not
-found at all, the \exception{NameError} exception is raised.%
-\footnote{If the code block contains \keyword{exec} statements or the
-construct \samp{from \ldots import *}, the semantics of names not
-explicitly mentioned in a {\tt global} statement change subtly: name
-lookup first searches the local name space, then the global one, then
-the built-in one.}
-\refbimodindex{__builtin__}
-\stindex{from}
-\stindex{exec}
-\stindex{global}
-\withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{NameError}}
-
-The following table lists the meaning of the local and global name
-space for various types of code blocks. The name space for a
-particular module is automatically created when the module is first
-referenced. Note that in almost all cases, the global name space is
-the name space of the containing module --- scopes in Python do not
-nest!
-
-\begin{center}
-\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|}
-\hline
-Code block type & Global name space & Local name space & Notes \\
-\hline
-Module & n.s. for this module & same as global & \\
-Script & n.s. for \module{__main__} & same as global & \\
-Interactive command & n.s. for \module{__main__} & same as global & \\
-Class definition & global n.s. of containing block & new n.s. & \\
-Function body & global n.s. of containing block & new n.s. & (2) \\
-String passed to \keyword{exec} statement
- & global n.s. of containing block
- & local n.s. of containing block & (1) \\
-String passed to \function{eval()}
- & global n.s. of caller & local n.s. of caller & (1) \\
-File read by \function{execfile()}
- & global n.s. of caller & local n.s. of caller & (1) \\
-Expression read by \function{input()}
- & global n.s. of caller & local n.s. of caller & \\
-\hline
-\end{tabular}
-\end{center}
-\refbimodindex{__main__}
-
-Notes:
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[n.s.] means {\em name space}
-
-\item[(1)] The global and local name space for these can be
-overridden with optional extra arguments.
-
-\item[(2)] The body of lambda forms (see section \ref{lambda}) is
-treated exactly the same as a (nested) function definition. Lambda
-forms have their own name space consisting of their formal arguments.
-\indexii{lambda}{form}
-
-\end{description}
-
-The built-in functions \function{globals()} and \function{locals()} returns a
-dictionary representing the current global and local name space,
-respectively. The effect of modifications to this dictionary on the
-name space are undefined.%
-\footnote{The current implementations return the dictionary actually
-used to implement the name space, {\em except} for functions, where
-the optimizer may cause the local name space to be implemented
-differently, and \function{locals()} returns a read-only dictionary.}
-
-\section{Exceptions}
-
-Exceptions are a means of breaking out of the normal flow of control
-of a code block in order to handle errors or other exceptional
-conditions. An exception is {\em raised} at the point where the error
-is detected; it may be {\em handled} by the surrounding code block or
-by any code block that directly or indirectly invoked the code block
-where the error occurred.
-\index{exception}
-\index{raise an exception}
-\index{handle an exception}
-\index{exception handler}
-\index{errors}
-\index{error handling}
-
-The Python interpreter raises an exception when it detects an run-time
-error (such as division by zero). A Python program can also
-explicitly raise an exception with the \keyword{raise} statement.
-Exception handlers are specified with the \keyword{try} ... \keyword{except}
-statement.
-
-Python uses the ``termination'' model of error handling: an exception
-handler can find out what happened and continue execution at an outer
-level, but it cannot repair the cause of the error and retry the
-failing operation (except by re-entering the the offending piece of
-code from the top).
-
-When an exception is not handled at all, the interpreter terminates
-execution of the program, or returns to its interactive main loop.
-
-Exceptions are identified by string objects or class instances. Two
-different string objects with the same value identify different
-exceptions. An exception can be raised with a class instance. Such
-exceptions are caught by specifying an except clause that has the
-class name (or a base class) as the condition.
-
-When an exception is raised, an object (maybe \code{None}) is passed
-as the exception's ``parameter''; this object does not affect the
-selection of an exception handler, but is passed to the selected
-exception handler as additional information. For exceptions raised
-with a class instance, the instance is passed as the ``parameter''.
-
-For example:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
->>> class Error:
-... def __init__(self, msg): self.msg = msg
-...
->>> class SpecificError(Error): pass
-...
->>> try:
-... raise SpecificError('broken')
-... except Error, obj:
-... print obj.msg
-...
-broken
-\end{verbatim}
-
-See also the description of the \keyword{try} and \keyword{raise}
-statements.
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-\chapter{Expressions and conditions}
-\index{expression}
-\index{condition}
-
-{\bf Note:} In this and the following chapters, extended BNF notation
-will be used to describe syntax, not lexical analysis.
-\index{BNF}
-
-This chapter explains the meaning of the elements of expressions and
-conditions. Conditions are a superset of expressions, and a condition
-may be used wherever an expression is required by enclosing it in
-parentheses. The only places where expressions are used in the syntax
-instead of conditions is in expression statements and on the
-right-hand side of assignment statements; this catches some nasty bugs
-like accidentally writing \verb@x == 1@ instead of \verb@x = 1@.
-\indexii{assignment}{statement}
-
-The comma plays several roles in Python's syntax. It is usually an
-operator with a lower precedence than all others, but occasionally
-serves other purposes as well; e.g. it separates function arguments,
-is used in list and dictionary constructors, and has special semantics
-in \verb@print@ statements.
-\index{comma}
-
-When (one alternative of) a syntax rule has the form
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-name: othername
-\end{verbatim}
-
-and no semantics are given, the semantics of this form of \verb@name@
-are the same as for \verb@othername@.
-\index{syntax}
-
-\section{Arithmetic conversions}
-\indexii{arithmetic}{conversion}
-
-When a description of an arithmetic operator below uses the phrase
-``the numeric arguments are converted to a common type'',
-this both means that if either argument is not a number, a
-\verb@TypeError@ exception is raised, and that otherwise
-the following conversions are applied:
-\exindex{TypeError}
-\indexii{floating point}{number}
-\indexii{long}{integer}
-\indexii{plain}{integer}
-
-\begin{itemize}
-\item first, if either argument is a floating point number,
- the other is converted to floating point;
-\item else, if either argument is a long integer,
- the other is converted to long integer;
-\item otherwise, both must be plain integers and no conversion
- is necessary.
-\end{itemize}
-
-\section{Atoms}
-\index{atom}
-
-Atoms are the most basic elements of expressions. Forms enclosed in
-reverse quotes or in parentheses, brackets or braces are also
-categorized syntactically as atoms. The syntax for atoms is:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-atom: identifier | literal | enclosure
-enclosure: parenth_form|list_display|dict_display|string_conversion
-\end{verbatim}
-
-\subsection{Identifiers (Names)}
-\index{name}
-\index{identifier}
-
-An identifier occurring as an atom is a reference to a local, global
-or built-in name binding. If a name is assigned to anywhere in a code
-block (even in unreachable code), and is not mentioned in a
-\verb@global@ statement in that code block, then it refers to a local
-name throughout that code block. When it is not assigned to anywhere
-in the block, or when it is assigned to but also explicitly listed in
-a \verb@global@ statement, it refers to a global name if one exists,
-else to a built-in name (and this binding may dynamically change).
-\indexii{name}{binding}
-\index{code block}
-\stindex{global}
-\indexii{built-in}{name}
-\indexii{global}{name}
-
-When the name is bound to an object, evaluation of the atom yields
-that object. When a name is not bound, an attempt to evaluate it
-raises a \verb@NameError@ exception.
-\exindex{NameError}
-
-\subsection{Literals}
-\index{literal}
-
-Python knows string and numeric literals:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-literal: stringliteral | integer | longinteger | floatnumber
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Evaluation of a literal yields an object of the given type (string,
-integer, long integer, floating point number) with the given value.
-The value may be approximated in the case of floating point literals.
-See section \ref{literals} for details.
-
-All literals correspond to immutable data types, and hence the
-object's identity is less important than its value. Multiple
-evaluations of literals with the same value (either the same
-occurrence in the program text or a different occurrence) may obtain
-the same object or a different object with the same value.
-\indexiii{immutable}{data}{type}
-
-(In the original implementation, all literals in the same code block
-with the same type and value yield the same object.)
-
-\subsection{Parenthesized forms}
-\index{parenthesized form}
-
-A parenthesized form is an optional condition list enclosed in
-parentheses:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-parenth_form: "(" [condition_list] ")"
-\end{verbatim}
-
-A parenthesized condition list yields whatever that condition list
-yields.
-
-An empty pair of parentheses yields an empty tuple object. Since
-tuples are immutable, the rules for literals apply here.
-\indexii{empty}{tuple}
-
-(Note that tuples are not formed by the parentheses, but rather by use
-of the comma operator. The exception is the empty tuple, for which
-parentheses {\em are} required --- allowing unparenthesized ``nothing''
-in expressions would cause ambiguities and allow common typos to
-pass uncaught.)
-\index{comma}
-\indexii{tuple}{display}
-
-\subsection{List displays}
-\indexii{list}{display}
-
-A list display is a possibly empty series of conditions enclosed in
-square brackets:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-list_display: "[" [condition_list] "]"
-\end{verbatim}
-
-A list display yields a new list object.
-\obindex{list}
-
-If it has no condition list, the list object has no items. Otherwise,
-the elements of the condition list are evaluated from left to right
-and inserted in the list object in that order.
-\indexii{empty}{list}
-
-\subsection{Dictionary displays} \label{dict}
-\indexii{dictionary}{display}
-
-A dictionary display is a possibly empty series of key/datum pairs
-enclosed in curly braces:
-\index{key}
-\index{datum}
-\index{key/datum pair}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-dict_display: "{" [key_datum_list] "}"
-key_datum_list: key_datum ("," key_datum)* [","]
-key_datum: condition ":" condition
-\end{verbatim}
-
-A dictionary display yields a new dictionary object.
-\obindex{dictionary}
-
-The key/datum pairs are evaluated from left to right to define the
-entries of the dictionary: each key object is used as a key into the
-dictionary to store the corresponding datum.
-
-Restrictions on the types of the key values are listed earlier in
-section \ref{types}.
-Clashes between duplicate keys are not detected; the last
-datum (textually rightmost in the display) stored for a given key
-value prevails.
-\exindex{TypeError}
-
-\subsection{String conversions}
-\indexii{string}{conversion}
-\indexii{reverse}{quotes}
-\indexii{backward}{quotes}
-\index{back-quotes}
-
-A string conversion is a condition list enclosed in reverse (or
-backward) quotes:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-string_conversion: "`" condition_list "`"
-\end{verbatim}
-
-A string conversion evaluates the contained condition list and
-converts the resulting object into a string according to rules
-specific to its type.
-
-If the object is a string, a number, \verb@None@, or a tuple, list or
-dictionary containing only objects whose type is one of these, the
-resulting string is a valid Python expression which can be passed to
-the built-in function \verb@eval()@ to yield an expression with the
-same value (or an approximation, if floating point numbers are
-involved).
-
-(In particular, converting a string adds quotes around it and converts
-``funny'' characters to escape sequences that are safe to print.)
-
-It is illegal to attempt to convert recursive objects (e.g. lists or
-dictionaries that contain a reference to themselves, directly or
-indirectly.)
-\obindex{recursive}
-
-The built-in function \verb@repr()@ performs exactly the same
-conversion in its argument as enclosing it it reverse quotes does.
-The built-in function \verb@str()@ performs a similar but more
-user-friendly conversion.
-\bifuncindex{repr}
-\bifuncindex{str}
-
-\section{Primaries} \label{primaries}
-\index{primary}
-
-Primaries represent the most tightly bound operations of the language.
-Their syntax is:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-primary: atom | attributeref | subscription | slicing | call
-\end{verbatim}
-
-\subsection{Attribute references}
-\indexii{attribute}{reference}
-
-An attribute reference is a primary followed by a period and a name:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-attributeref: primary "." identifier
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The primary must evaluate to an object of a type that supports
-attribute references, e.g. a module or a list. This object is then
-asked to produce the attribute whose name is the identifier. If this
-attribute is not available, the exception \verb@AttributeError@ is
-raised. Otherwise, the type and value of the object produced is
-determined by the object. Multiple evaluations of the same attribute
-reference may yield different objects.
-\obindex{module}
-\obindex{list}
-
-\subsection{Subscriptions}
-\index{subscription}
-
-A subscription selects an item of a sequence (string, tuple or list)
-or mapping (dictionary) object:
-\obindex{sequence}
-\obindex{mapping}
-\obindex{string}
-\obindex{tuple}
-\obindex{list}
-\obindex{dictionary}
-\indexii{sequence}{item}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-subscription: primary "[" condition "]"
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The primary must evaluate to an object of a sequence or mapping type.
-
-If it is a mapping, the condition must evaluate to an object whose
-value is one of the keys of the mapping, and the subscription selects
-the value in the mapping that corresponds to that key.
-
-If it is a sequence, the condition must evaluate to a plain integer.
-If this value is negative, the length of the sequence is added to it
-(so that, e.g. \verb@x[-1]@ selects the last item of \verb@x@.)
-The resulting value must be a nonnegative integer smaller than the
-number of items in the sequence, and the subscription selects the item
-whose index is that value (counting from zero).
-
-A string's items are characters. A character is not a separate data
-type but a string of exactly one character.
-\index{character}
-\indexii{string}{item}
-
-\subsection{Slicings}
-\index{slicing}
-\index{slice}
-
-A slicing (or slice) selects a range of items in a sequence (string,
-tuple or list) object:
-\obindex{sequence}
-\obindex{string}
-\obindex{tuple}
-\obindex{list}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-slicing: primary "[" [condition] ":" [condition] "]"
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The primary must evaluate to a sequence object. The lower and upper
-bound expressions, if present, must evaluate to plain integers;
-defaults are zero and the sequence's length, respectively. If either
-bound is negative, the sequence's length is added to it. The slicing
-now selects all items with index \var{k} such that
-\code{\var{i} <= \var{k} < \var{j}} where \var{i}
-and \var{j} are the specified lower and upper bounds. This may be an
-empty sequence. It is not an error if \var{i} or \var{j} lie outside the
-range of valid indexes (such items don't exist so they aren't
-selected).
-
-\subsection{Calls} \label{calls}
-\index{call}
-
-A call calls a callable object (e.g. a function) with a possibly empty
-series of arguments:\footnote{The new syntax for keyword arguments is
-not yet documented in this manual. See chapter 12 of the Tutorial.}
-\obindex{callable}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-call: primary "(" [condition_list] ")"
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The primary must evaluate to a callable object (user-defined
-functions, built-in functions, methods of built-in objects, class
-objects, and methods of class instances are callable). If it is a
-class, the argument list must be empty; otherwise, the arguments are
-evaluated.
-
-A call always returns some value, possibly \verb@None@, unless it
-raises an exception. How this value is computed depends on the type
-of the callable object. If it is:
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[a user-defined function:] the code block for the function is
-executed, passing it the argument list. The first thing the code
-block will do is bind the formal parameters to the arguments; this is
-described in section \ref{function}. When the code block executes a
-\verb@return@ statement, this specifies the return value of the
-function call.
-\indexii{function}{call}
-\indexiii{user-defined}{function}{call}
-\obindex{user-defined function}
-\obindex{function}
-
-\item[a built-in function or method:] the result is up to the
-interpreter; see the library reference manual for the descriptions of
-built-in functions and methods.
-\indexii{function}{call}
-\indexii{built-in function}{call}
-\indexii{method}{call}
-\indexii{built-in method}{call}
-\obindex{built-in method}
-\obindex{built-in function}
-\obindex{method}
-\obindex{function}
-
-\item[a class object:] a new instance of that class is returned.
-\obindex{class}
-\indexii{class object}{call}
-
-\item[a class instance method:] the corresponding user-defined
-function is called, with an argument list that is one longer than the
-argument list of the call: the instance becomes the first argument.
-\obindex{class instance}
-\obindex{instance}
-\indexii{instance}{call}
-\indexii{class instance}{call}
-
-\end{description}
-
-\section{Unary arithmetic operations}
-\indexiii{unary}{arithmetic}{operation}
-\indexiii{unary}{bit-wise}{operation}
-
-All unary arithmetic (and bit-wise) operations have the same priority:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-u_expr: primary | "-" u_expr | "+" u_expr | "~" u_expr
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The unary \verb@"-"@ (minus) operator yields the negation of its
-numeric argument.
-\index{negation}
-\index{minus}
-
-The unary \verb@"+"@ (plus) operator yields its numeric argument
-unchanged.
-\index{plus}
-
-The unary \verb@"~"@ (invert) operator yields the bit-wise inversion
-of its plain or long integer argument. The bit-wise inversion of
-\verb@x@ is defined as \verb@-(x+1)@.
-\index{inversion}
-
-In all three cases, if the argument does not have the proper type,
-a \verb@TypeError@ exception is raised.
-\exindex{TypeError}
-
-\section{Binary arithmetic operations}
-\indexiii{binary}{arithmetic}{operation}
-
-The binary arithmetic operations have the conventional priority
-levels. Note that some of these operations also apply to certain
-non-numeric types. There is no ``power'' operator, so there are only
-two levels, one for multiplicative operators and one for additive
-operators:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-m_expr: u_expr | m_expr "*" u_expr
- | m_expr "/" u_expr | m_expr "%" u_expr
-a_expr: m_expr | aexpr "+" m_expr | aexpr "-" m_expr
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The \verb@"*"@ (multiplication) operator yields the product of its
-arguments. The arguments must either both be numbers, or one argument
-must be a plain integer and the other must be a sequence. In the
-former case, the numbers are converted to a common type and then
-multiplied together. In the latter case, sequence repetition is
-performed; a negative repetition factor yields an empty sequence.
-\index{multiplication}
-
-The \verb@"/"@ (division) operator yields the quotient of its
-arguments. The numeric arguments are first converted to a common
-type. Plain or long integer division yields an integer of the same
-type; the result is that of mathematical division with the `floor'
-function applied to the result. Division by zero raises the
-\verb@ZeroDivisionError@ exception.
-\exindex{ZeroDivisionError}
-\index{division}
-
-The \verb@"%"@ (modulo) operator yields the remainder from the
-division of the first argument by the second. The numeric arguments
-are first converted to a common type. A zero right argument raises
-the \verb@ZeroDivisionError@ exception. The arguments may be floating
-point numbers, e.g. \verb@3.14 % 0.7@ equals \verb@0.34@. The modulo
-operator always yields a result with the same sign as its second
-operand (or zero); the absolute value of the result is strictly
-smaller than the second operand.
-\index{modulo}
-
-The integer division and modulo operators are connected by the
-following identity: \verb@x == (x/y)*y + (x%y)@. Integer division and
-modulo are also connected with the built-in function \verb@divmod()@:
-\verb@divmod(x, y) == (x/y, x%y)@. These identities don't hold for
-floating point numbers; there a similar identity holds where
-\verb@x/y@ is replaced by \verb@floor(x/y)@).
-
-The \verb@"+"@ (addition) operator yields the sum of its arguments.
-The arguments must either both be numbers, or both sequences of the
-same type. In the former case, the numbers are converted to a common
-type and then added together. In the latter case, the sequences are
-concatenated.
-\index{addition}
-
-The \verb@"-"@ (subtraction) operator yields the difference of its
-arguments. The numeric arguments are first converted to a common
-type.
-\index{subtraction}
-
-\section{Shifting operations}
-\indexii{shifting}{operation}
-
-The shifting operations have lower priority than the arithmetic
-operations:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-shift_expr: a_expr | shift_expr ( "<<" | ">>" ) a_expr
-\end{verbatim}
-
-These operators accept plain or long integers as arguments. The
-arguments are converted to a common type. They shift the first
-argument to the left or right by the number of bits given by the
-second argument.
-
-A right shift by \var{n} bits is defined as division by
-\code{pow(2,\var{n})}. A left shift by \var{n} bits is defined as
-multiplication with \code{pow(2,\var{n})}; for plain integers there is
-no overflow check so this drops bits and flips the sign if the result
-is not less than \code{pow(2,31)} in absolute value.
-
-Negative shift counts raise a \verb@ValueError@ exception.
-\exindex{ValueError}
-
-\section{Binary bit-wise operations}
-\indexiii{binary}{bit-wise}{operation}
-
-Each of the three bitwise operations has a different priority level:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-and_expr: shift_expr | and_expr "&" shift_expr
-xor_expr: and_expr | xor_expr "^" and_expr
-or_expr: xor_expr | or_expr "|" xor_expr
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The \verb@"&"@ operator yields the bitwise AND of its arguments, which
-must be plain or long integers. The arguments are converted to a
-common type.
-\indexii{bit-wise}{and}
-
-The \verb@"^"@ operator yields the bitwise XOR (exclusive OR) of its
-arguments, which must be plain or long integers. The arguments are
-converted to a common type.
-\indexii{bit-wise}{xor}
-\indexii{exclusive}{or}
-
-The \verb@"|"@ operator yields the bitwise (inclusive) OR of its
-arguments, which must be plain or long integers. The arguments are
-converted to a common type.
-\indexii{bit-wise}{or}
-\indexii{inclusive}{or}
-
-\section{Comparisons}
-\index{comparison}
-
-Contrary to C, all comparison operations in Python have the same
-priority, which is lower than that of any arithmetic, shifting or
-bitwise operation. Also contrary to C, expressions like
-\verb@a < b < c@ have the interpretation that is conventional in
-mathematics:
-\index{C}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-comparison: or_expr (comp_operator or_expr)*
-comp_operator: "<"|">"|"=="|">="|"<="|"<>"|"!="|"is" ["not"]|["not"] "in"
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Comparisons yield integer values: 1 for true, 0 for false.
-
-Comparisons can be chained arbitrarily, e.g. \code{x < y <= z} is
-equivalent to \code{x < y and y <= z}, except that \code{y} is
-evaluated only once (but in both cases \code{z} is not evaluated at all
-when \code{x < y} is found to be false).
-\indexii{chaining}{comparisons}
-
-Formally, if \var{a}, \var{b}, \var{c}, \ldots, \var{y}, \var{z} are
-expressions and \var{opa}, \var{opb}, \ldots, \var{opy} are comparison
-operators, then \var{a opa b opb c} \ldots \var{y opy z} is equivalent
-to \var{a opa b} \code{and} \var{b opb c} \code{and} \ldots \code{and}
-\var{y opy z}, except that each expression is evaluated at most once.
-
-Note that \var{a opa b opb c} doesn't imply any kind of comparison
-between \var{a} and \var{c}, so that e.g.\ \code{x < y > z} is
-perfectly legal (though perhaps not pretty).
-
-The forms \verb@<>@ and \verb@!=@ are equivalent; for consistency with
-C, \verb@!=@ is preferred; where \verb@!=@ is mentioned below
-\verb@<>@ is also implied.
-
-The operators {\tt "<", ">", "==", ">=", "<="}, and {\tt "!="} compare
-the values of two objects. The objects needn't have the same type.
-If both are numbers, they are coverted to a common type. Otherwise,
-objects of different types {\em always} compare unequal, and are
-ordered consistently but arbitrarily.
-
-(This unusual definition of comparison is done to simplify the
-definition of operations like sorting and the \verb@in@ and
-\verb@not@ \verb@in@ operators.)
-
-Comparison of objects of the same type depends on the type:
-
-\begin{itemize}
-
-\item
-Numbers are compared arithmetically.
-
-\item
-Strings are compared lexicographically using the numeric equivalents
-(the result of the built-in function \verb@ord@) of their characters.
-
-\item
-Tuples and lists are compared lexicographically using comparison of
-corresponding items.
-
-\item
-Mappings (dictionaries) are compared through lexicographic
-comparison of their sorted (key, value) lists.%
-\footnote{This is expensive since it requires sorting the keys first,
-but about the only sensible definition. An earlier version of Python
-compared dictionaries by identity only, but this caused surprises
-because people expected to be able to test a dictionary for emptiness
-by comparing it to {\tt \{\}}.}
-
-\item
-Most other types compare unequal unless they are the same object;
-the choice whether one object is considered smaller or larger than
-another one is made arbitrarily but consistently within one
-execution of a program.
-
-\end{itemize}
-
-The operators \verb@in@ and \verb@not in@ test for sequence
-membership: if \var{y} is a sequence, \code{\var{x} in \var{y}} is
-true if and only if there exists an index \var{i} such that
-\code{\var{x} = \var{y}[\var{i}]}.
-\code{\var{x} not in \var{y}} yields the inverse truth value. The
-exception \verb@TypeError@ is raised when \var{y} is not a sequence,
-or when \var{y} is a string and \var{x} is not a string of length one.%
-\footnote{The latter restriction is sometimes a nuisance.}
-\opindex{in}
-\opindex{not in}
-\indexii{membership}{test}
-\obindex{sequence}
-
-The operators \verb@is@ and \verb@is not@ test for object identity:
-\var{x} \code{is} \var{y} is true if and only if \var{x} and \var{y}
-are the same object. \var{x} \code{is not} \var{y} yields the inverse
-truth value.
-\opindex{is}
-\opindex{is not}
-\indexii{identity}{test}
-
-\section{Boolean operations} \label{Booleans}
-\indexii{Boolean}{operation}
-
-Boolean operations have the lowest priority of all Python operations:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-condition: or_test | lambda_form
-or_test: and_test | or_test "or" and_test
-and_test: not_test | and_test "and" not_test
-not_test: comparison | "not" not_test
-lambda_form: "lambda" [parameter_list]: condition
-\end{verbatim}
-
-In the context of Boolean operations, and also when conditions are
-used by control flow statements, the following values are interpreted
-as false: \verb@None@, numeric zero of all types, empty sequences
-(strings, tuples and lists), and empty mappings (dictionaries). All
-other values are interpreted as true.
-
-The operator \verb@not@ yields 1 if its argument is false, 0 otherwise.
-\opindex{not}
-
-The condition \var{x} \verb@and@ \var{y} first evaluates \var{x}; if
-\var{x} is false, its value is returned; otherwise, \var{y} is
-evaluated and the resulting value is returned.
-\opindex{and}
-
-The condition \var{x} \verb@or@ \var{y} first evaluates \var{x}; if
-\var{x} is true, its value is returned; otherwise, \var{y} is
-evaluated and the resulting value is returned.
-\opindex{or}
-
-(Note that \verb@and@ and \verb@or@ do not restrict the value and type
-they return to 0 and 1, but rather return the last evaluated argument.
-This is sometimes useful, e.g. if \verb@s@ is a string that should be
-replaced by a default value if it is empty, the expression
-\verb@s or 'foo'@ yields the desired value. Because \verb@not@ has to
-invent a value anyway, it does not bother to return a value of the
-same type as its argument, so e.g. \verb@not 'foo'@ yields \verb@0@,
-not \verb@''@.)
-
-Lambda forms (lambda expressions) have the same syntactic position as
-conditions. They are a shorthand to create anonymous functions; the
-expression {\em {\tt lambda} arguments{\tt :} condition}
-yields a function object that behaves virtually identical to one
-defined with
-{\em {\tt def} name {\tt (}arguments{\tt ): return} condition}.
-See section \ref{function} for the syntax of
-parameter lists. Note that functions created with lambda forms cannot
-contain statements.
-\label{lambda}
-\indexii{lambda}{expression}
-\indexii{lambda}{form}
-\indexii{anonmymous}{function}
-
-\section{Expression lists and condition lists}
-\indexii{expression}{list}
-\indexii{condition}{list}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-expression_list: or_expr ("," or_expr)* [","]
-condintion_list: condition ("," condition)* [","]
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The only difference between expression lists and condition lists is
-the lowest priority of operators that can be used in them without
-being enclosed in parentheses; condition lists allow all operators,
-while expression lists don't allow comparisons and Boolean operators
-(they do allow bitwise and shift operators though).
-
-Expression lists are used in expression statements and assignments;
-condition lists are used everywhere else where a list of
-comma-separated values is required.
-
-An expression (condition) list containing at least one comma yields a
-tuple. The length of the tuple is the number of expressions
-(conditions) in the list. The expressions (conditions) are evaluated
-from left to right. (Condition lists are used syntactically is a few
-places where no tuple is constructed but a list of values is needed
-nevertheless.)
-\obindex{tuple}
-
-The trailing comma is required only to create a single tuple (a.k.a. a
-{\em singleton}); it is optional in all other cases. A single
-expression (condition) without a trailing comma doesn't create a
-tuple, but rather yields the value of that expression (condition).
-\indexii{trailing}{comma}
-
-(To create an empty tuple, use an empty pair of parentheses:
-\verb@()@.)
-
-\section{Summary}
-
-The following table summarizes the operator precedences in Python,
-from lowest precedence (least binding) to highest precedence (most
-binding). Operators in the same box have the same precedence. Unless
-the syntax is explicitly given, operators are binary. Operators in
-the same box group left to right (except for comparisons, which
-chain from left to right --- see above).
-
-\begin{center}
-\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
-\hline
-\code{or} & Boolean OR \\
-\hline
-\code{and} & Boolean AND \\
-\hline
-\code{not} \var{x} & Boolean NOT \\
-\hline
-\code{in}, \code{not} \code{in} & Membership tests \\
-\code{is}, \code{is} \code{not} & Identity tests \\
-\code{<}, \code{<=}, \code{>}, \code{>=}, \code{<>}, \code{!=}, \code{=} &
- Comparisons \\
-\hline
-\code{|} & Bitwise OR \\
-\hline
-\code{\^} & Bitwise XOR \\
-\hline
-\code{\&} & Bitwise AND \\
-\hline
-\code{<<}, \code{>>} & Shifts \\
-\hline
-\code{+}, \code{-} & Addition and subtraction \\
-\hline
-\code{*}, \code{/}, \code{\%} & Multiplication, division, remainder \\
-\hline
-\code{+\var{x}}, \code{-\var{x}} & Positive, negative \\
-\code{\~\var{x}} & Bitwise not \\
-\hline
-\code{\var{x}.\var{attribute}} & Attribute reference \\
-\code{\var{x}[\var{index}]} & Subscription \\
-\code{\var{x}[\var{index}:\var{index}]} & Slicing \\
-\code{\var{f}(\var{arguments}...)} & Function call \\
-\hline
-\code{(\var{expressions}\ldots)} & Binding or tuple display \\
-\code{[\var{expressions}\ldots]} & List display \\
-\code{\{\var{key}:\var{datum}\ldots\}} & Dictionary display \\
-\code{`\var{expression}\ldots`} & String conversion \\
-\hline
-\end{tabular}
-\end{center}
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-\chapter{Simple statements}
-\indexii{simple}{statement}
-
-Simple statements are comprised within a single logical line.
-Several simple statements may occur on a single line separated
-by semicolons. The syntax for simple statements is:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-simple_stmt: expression_stmt
- | assignment_stmt
- | pass_stmt
- | del_stmt
- | print_stmt
- | return_stmt
- | raise_stmt
- | break_stmt
- | continue_stmt
- | import_stmt
- | global_stmt
- | exec_stmt
-\end{verbatim}
-
-\section{Expression statements}
-\indexii{expression}{statement}
-
-Expression statements are used (mostly interactively) to compute and
-write a value, or (usually) to call a procedure (a function that
-returns no meaningful result; in Python, procedures return the value
-\code{None}):
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-expression_stmt: condition_list
-\end{verbatim}
-
-An expression statement evaluates the condition list (which may be a
-single condition).
-\indexii{expression}{list}
-
-In interactive mode, if the value is not \code{None}, it is converted
-to a string using the rules for string conversions (expressions in
-reverse quotes), and the resulting string is written to standard
-output (see section \ref{print}) on a line by itself.
-(The exception for \code{None} is made so that procedure calls, which
-are syntactically equivalent to expressions, do not cause any output.)
-\ttindex{None}
-\indexii{string}{conversion}
-\index{output}
-\indexii{standard}{output}
-\indexii{writing}{values}
-\indexii{procedure}{call}
-
-\section{Assignment statements}
-\indexii{assignment}{statement}
-
-Assignment statements are used to (re)bind names to values and to
-modify attributes or items of mutable objects:
-\indexii{binding}{name}
-\indexii{rebinding}{name}
-\obindex{mutable}
-\indexii{attribute}{assignment}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-assignment_stmt: (target_list "=")+ expression_list
-target_list: target ("," target)* [","]
-target: identifier | "(" target_list ")" | "[" target_list "]"
- | attributeref | subscription | slicing
-\end{verbatim}
-
-(See section \ref{primaries} for the syntax definitions for the last
-three symbols.)
-
-An assignment statement evaluates the expression list (remember that
-this can be a single expression or a comma-separated list, the latter
-yielding a tuple) and assigns the single resulting object to each of
-the target lists, from left to right.
-\indexii{expression}{list}
-
-Assignment is defined recursively depending on the form of the target
-(list). When a target is part of a mutable object (an attribute
-reference, subscription or slicing), the mutable object must
-ultimately perform the assignment and decide about its validity, and
-may raise an exception if the assignment is unacceptable. The rules
-observed by various types and the exceptions raised are given with the
-definition of the object types (see section \ref{types}).
-\index{target}
-\indexii{target}{list}
-
-Assignment of an object to a target list is recursively defined as
-follows.
-\indexiii{target}{list}{assignment}
-
-\begin{itemize}
-\item
-If the target list is a single target: the object is assigned to that
-target.
-
-\item
-If the target list is a comma-separated list of targets: the object
-must be a tuple with the same number of items as the list contains
-targets, and the items are assigned, from left to right, to the
-corresponding targets.
-
-\end{itemize}
-
-Assignment of an object to a single target is recursively defined as
-follows.
-
-\begin{itemize} % nested
-
-\item
-If the target is an identifier (name):
-
-\begin{itemize}
-
-\item
-If the name does not occur in a \keyword{global} statement in the current
-code block: the name is bound to the object in the current local name
-space.
-\stindex{global}
-
-\item
-Otherwise: the name is bound to the object in the current global name
-space.
-
-\end{itemize} % nested
-
-The name is rebound if it was already bound.
-
-\item
-If the target is a target list enclosed in parentheses: the object is
-assigned to that target list as described above.
-
-\item
-If the target is a target list enclosed in square brackets: the object
-must be a list with the same number of items as the target list
-contains targets, and its items are assigned, from left to right, to
-the corresponding targets.
-
-\item
-If the target is an attribute reference: The primary expression in the
-reference is evaluated. It should yield an object with assignable
-attributes; if this is not the case, \exception{TypeError} is raised. That
-object is then asked to assign the assigned object to the given
-attribute; if it cannot perform the assignment, it raises an exception
-(usually but not necessarily \exception{AttributeError}).
-\indexii{attribute}{assignment}
-
-\item
-If the target is a subscription: The primary expression in the
-reference is evaluated. It should yield either a mutable sequence
-(list) object or a mapping (dictionary) object. Next, the subscript
-expression is evaluated.
-\indexii{subscription}{assignment}
-\obindex{mutable}
-
-If the primary is a mutable sequence object (a list), the subscript
-must yield a plain integer. If it is negative, the sequence's length
-is added to it. The resulting value must be a nonnegative integer
-less than the sequence's length, and the sequence is asked to assign
-the assigned object to its item with that index. If the index is out
-of range, \exception{IndexError} is raised (assignment to a subscripted
-sequence cannot add new items to a list).
-\obindex{sequence}
-\obindex{list}
-
-If the primary is a mapping (dictionary) object, the subscript must
-have a type compatible with the mapping's key type, and the mapping is
-then asked to create a key/datum pair which maps the subscript to
-the assigned object. This can either replace an existing key/value
-pair with the same key value, or insert a new key/value pair (if no
-key with the same value existed).
-\obindex{mapping}
-\obindex{dictionary}
-
-\item
-If the target is a slicing: The primary expression in the reference is
-evaluated. It should yield a mutable sequence object (e.g. a list). The
-assigned object should be a sequence object of the same type. Next,
-the lower and upper bound expressions are evaluated, insofar they are
-present; defaults are zero and the sequence's length. The bounds
-should evaluate to (small) integers. If either bound is negative, the
-sequence's length is added to it. The resulting bounds are clipped to
-lie between zero and the sequence's length, inclusive. Finally, the
-sequence object is asked to replace the slice with the items of the
-assigned sequence. The length of the slice may be different from the
-length of the assigned sequence, thus changing the length of the
-target sequence, if the object allows it.
-\indexii{slicing}{assignment}
-
-\end{itemize}
-
-(In the current implementation, the syntax for targets is taken
-to be the same as for expressions, and invalid syntax is rejected
-during the code generation phase, causing less detailed error
-messages.)
-
-WARNING: Although the definition of assignment implies that overlaps
-between the left-hand side and the right-hand side are `safe' (e.g.
-\code{a, b = b, a} swaps two variables), overlaps within the
-collection of assigned-to variables are not safe! For instance, the
-following program prints \code{[0, 2]}:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-x = [0, 1]
-i = 0
-i, x[i] = 1, 2
-print x
-\end{verbatim}
-
-
-\section{The \keyword{pass} statement}
-\stindex{pass}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-pass_stmt: "pass"
-\end{verbatim}
-
-\keyword{pass} is a null operation --- when it is executed, nothing
-happens. It is useful as a placeholder when a statement is
-required syntactically, but no code needs to be executed, for example:
-\indexii{null}{operation}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-def f(arg): pass # a function that does nothing (yet)
-
-class C: pass # a class with no methods (yet)
-\end{verbatim}
-
-\section{The \keyword{del} statement}
-\stindex{del}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-del_stmt: "del" target_list
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Deletion is recursively defined very similar to the way assignment is
-defined. Rather that spelling it out in full details, here are some
-hints.
-\indexii{deletion}{target}
-\indexiii{deletion}{target}{list}
-
-Deletion of a target list recursively deletes each target, from left
-to right.
-
-Deletion of a name removes the binding of that name (which must exist)
-from the local or global name space, depending on whether the name
-occurs in a \keyword{global} statement in the same code block.
-\stindex{global}
-\indexii{unbinding}{name}
-
-Deletion of attribute references, subscriptions and slicings
-is passed to the primary object involved; deletion of a slicing
-is in general equivalent to assignment of an empty slice of the
-right type (but even this is determined by the sliced object).
-\indexii{attribute}{deletion}
-
-\section{The \keyword{print} statement} \label{print}
-\stindex{print}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-print_stmt: "print" [ condition ("," condition)* [","] ]
-\end{verbatim}
-
-\keyword{print} evaluates each condition in turn and writes the resulting
-object to standard output (see below). If an object is not a string,
-it is first converted to a string using the rules for string
-conversions. The (resulting or original) string is then written. A
-space is written before each object is (converted and) written, unless
-the output system believes it is positioned at the beginning of a
-line. This is the case: (1) when no characters have yet been written
-to standard output; or (2) when the last character written to standard
-output is \character{\\n}; or (3) when the last write operation on standard
-output was not a \keyword{print} statement. (In some cases it may be
-functional to write an empty string to standard output for this
-reason.)
-\index{output}
-\indexii{writing}{values}
-
-A \character{\\n} character is written at the end, unless the \keyword{print}
-statement ends with a comma. This is the only action if the statement
-contains just the keyword \keyword{print}.
-\indexii{trailing}{comma}
-\indexii{newline}{suppression}
-
-Standard output is defined as the file object named \code{stdout}
-in the built-in module \module{sys}. If no such object exists,
-or if it is not a writable file, a \exception{RuntimeError} exception is raised.
-(The original implementation attempts to write to the system's original
-standard output instead, but this is not safe, and should be fixed.)
-\indexii{standard}{output}
-\refbimodindex{sys}
-\ttindex{stdout}
-\exindex{RuntimeError}
-
-\section{The \keyword{return} statement}
-\stindex{return}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-return_stmt: "return" [condition_list]
-\end{verbatim}
-
-\keyword{return} may only occur syntactically nested in a function
-definition, not within a nested class definition.
-\indexii{function}{definition}
-\indexii{class}{definition}
-
-If a condition list is present, it is evaluated, else \code{None}
-is substituted.
-
-\keyword{return} leaves the current function call with the condition
-list (or \code{None}) as return value.
-
-When \keyword{return} passes control out of a \keyword{try} statement
-with a finally clause, that finally clause is executed
-before really leaving the function.
-\kwindex{finally}
-
-\section{The \keyword{raise} statement}
-\stindex{raise}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-raise_stmt: "raise" condition ["," condition ["," condition]]
-\end{verbatim}
-
-\keyword{raise} evaluates its first condition, which must yield
-a string, class, or instance object. If there is a second condition,
-this is evaluated, else \code{None} is substituted. If the first
-condition is a class object, then the second condition must be an
-instance of that class or one of its derivatives. If the first
-condition is an instance object, the second condition must be
-\code{None}.
-\index{exception}
-\indexii{raising}{exception}
-
-If the first object is a class or string, it then raises the exception
-identified by the first object, with the second one (or \code{None})
-as its parameter. If the first object is an instance, it raises the
-exception identified by the class of the object, with the instance as
-its parameter (and there should be no second object, or the second
-object should be \code{None}).
-
-If a third object is present, and it it not \code{None}, it should be
-a traceback object (see section \ref{traceback}), and it is
-substituted instead of the current location as the place where the
-exception occurred. This is useful to re-raise an exception
-transparently in an except clause.
-\obindex{traceback}
-
-\section{The \keyword{break} statement}
-\stindex{break}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-break_stmt: "break"
-\end{verbatim}
-
-\keyword{break} may only occur syntactically nested in a \keyword{for}
-or \keyword{while} loop, but not nested in a function or class definition
-within that loop.
-\stindex{for}
-\stindex{while}
-\indexii{loop}{statement}
-
-It terminates the nearest enclosing loop, skipping the optional
-else clause if the loop has one.
-\kwindex{else}
-
-If a \keyword{for} loop is terminated by \keyword{break}, the loop control
-target keeps its current value.
-\indexii{loop control}{target}
-
-When \keyword{break} passes control out of a \keyword{try} statement
-with a finally clause, that finally clause is executed
-before really leaving the loop.
-\kwindex{finally}
-
-\section{The \keyword{continue} statement}
-\stindex{continue}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-continue_stmt: "continue"
-\end{verbatim}
-
-\keyword{continue} may only occur syntactically nested in a \keyword{for} or
-\keyword{while} loop, but not nested in a function or class definition or
-\keyword{try} statement within that loop.\footnote{Except that it may
-currently occur within an except clause.}
-\stindex{for}
-\stindex{while}
-\indexii{loop}{statement}
-\kwindex{finally}
-
-It continues with the next cycle of the nearest enclosing loop.
-
-\section{The \keyword{import} statement} \label{import}
-\stindex{import}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-import_stmt: "import" identifier ("," identifier)*
- | "from" identifier "import" identifier ("," identifier)*
- | "from" identifier "import" "*"
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Import statements are executed in two steps: (1) find a module, and
-initialize it if necessary; (2) define a name or names in the local
-name space (of the scope where the \keyword{import} statement occurs).
-The first form (without \keyword{from}) repeats these steps for each
-identifier in the list, the \keyword{from} form performs them once, with
-the first identifier specifying the module name.
-\indexii{importing}{module}
-\indexii{name}{binding}
-\kwindex{from}
-
-The system maintains a table of modules that have been initialized,
-indexed by module name. (The current implementation makes this table
-accessible as \code{sys.modules}.) When a module name is found in
-this table, step (1) is finished. If not, a search for a module
-definition is started. This first looks for a built-in module
-definition, and if no built-in module if the given name is found, it
-searches a user-specified list of directories for a file whose name is
-the module name with extension \file{.py}. (The current
-implementation uses the list of strings \code{sys.path} as the search
-path; it is initialized from the shell environment variable
-\envvar{PYTHONPATH}, with an installation-dependent default.)
-\ttindex{modules}
-\ttindex{sys.modules}
-\indexii{module}{name}
-\indexii{built-in}{module}
-\indexii{user-defined}{module}
-\refbimodindex{sys}
-\indexii{filename}{extension}
-\indexiii{module}{search}{path}
-
-If a built-in module is found, its built-in initialization code is
-executed and step (1) is finished. If no matching file is found,
-\exception{ImportError} is raised. If a file is found, it is parsed,
-yielding an executable code block. If a syntax error occurs,
-\exception{SyntaxError} is raised. Otherwise, an empty module of the given
-name is created and inserted in the module table, and then the code
-block is executed in the context of this module. Exceptions during
-this execution terminate step (1).
-\indexii{module}{initialization}
-\exindex{SyntaxError}
-\exindex{ImportError}
-\index{code block}
-
-When step (1) finishes without raising an exception, step (2) can
-begin.
-
-The first form of \keyword{import} statement binds the module name in the
-local name space to the module object, and then goes on to import the
-next identifier, if any. The \keyword{from} from does not bind the
-module name: it goes through the list of identifiers, looks each one
-of them up in the module found in step (1), and binds the name in the
-local name space to the object thus found. If a name is not found,
-\exception{ImportError} is raised. If the list of identifiers is replaced
-by a star (\code{*}), all names defined in the module are bound,
-except those beginning with an underscore(\code{_}).
-\indexii{name}{binding}
-\exindex{ImportError}
-
-Names bound by import statements may not occur in \keyword{global}
-statements in the same scope.
-\stindex{global}
-
-The \keyword{from} form with \code{*} may only occur in a module scope.
-\kwindex{from}
-\ttindex{from ... import *}
-
-(The current implementation does not enforce the latter two
-restrictions, but programs should not abuse this freedom, as future
-implementations may enforce them or silently change the meaning of the
-program.)
-
-\section{The \keyword{global} statement} \label{global}
-\stindex{global}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-global_stmt: "global" identifier ("," identifier)*
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The \keyword{global} statement is a declaration which holds for the
-entire current code block. It means that the listed identifiers are to be
-interpreted as globals. While \emph{using} global names is automatic
-if they are not defined in the local scope, \emph{assigning} to global
-names would be impossible without \keyword{global}.
-\indexiii{global}{name}{binding}
-
-Names listed in a \keyword{global} statement must not be used in the same
-code block before that \keyword{global} statement is executed.
-
-Names listed in a \keyword{global} statement must not be defined as formal
-parameters or in a \keyword{for} loop control target, \keyword{class}
-definition, function definition, or \keyword{import} statement.
-
-(The current implementation does not enforce the latter two
-restrictions, but programs should not abuse this freedom, as future
-implementations may enforce them or silently change the meaning of the
-program.)
-
-Note: the \keyword{global} is a directive to the parser. Therefore, it
-applies only to code parsed at the same time as the \keyword{global}
-statement. In particular, a \keyword{global} statement contained in an
-\keyword{exec} statement does not affect the code block \emph{containing}
-the \keyword{exec} statement, and code contained in an \keyword{exec}
-statement is unaffected by \keyword{global} statements in the code
-containing the \keyword{exec} statement. The same applies to the
-\function{eval()}, \function{execfile()} and \function{compile()} functions.
-\stindex{exec}
-\bifuncindex{eval}
-\bifuncindex{execfile}
-\bifuncindex{compile}
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-\chapter{Compound statements}
-\indexii{compound}{statement}
-
-Compound statements contain (groups of) other statements; they affect
-or control the execution of those other statements in some way. In
-general, compound statements span multiple lines, although in simple
-incarnations a whole compound statement may be contained in one line.
-
-The \verb@if@, \verb@while@ and \verb@for@ statements implement
-traditional control flow constructs. \verb@try@ specifies exception
-handlers and/or cleanup code for a group of statements. Function and
-class definitions are also syntactically compound statements.
-
-Compound statements consist of one or more `clauses'. A clause
-consists of a header and a `suite'. The clause headers of a
-particular compound statement are all at the same indentation level.
-Each clause header begins with a uniquely identifying keyword and ends
-with a colon. A suite is a group of statements controlled by a
-clause. A suite can be one or more semicolon-separated simple
-statements on the same line as the header, following the header's
-colon, or it can be one or more indented statements on subsequent
-lines. Only the latter form of suite can contain nested compound
-statements; the following is illegal, mostly because it wouldn't be
-clear to which \verb@if@ clause a following \verb@else@ clause would
-belong:
-\index{clause}
-\index{suite}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-if test1: if test2: print x
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Also note that the semicolon binds tighter than the colon in this
-context, so that in the following example, either all or none of the
-\verb@print@ statements are executed:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-if x < y < z: print x; print y; print z
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Summarizing:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-compound_stmt: if_stmt | while_stmt | for_stmt
- | try_stmt | funcdef | classdef
-suite: stmt_list NEWLINE | NEWLINE INDENT statement+ DEDENT
-statement: stmt_list NEWLINE | compound_stmt
-stmt_list: simple_stmt (";" simple_stmt)* [";"]
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Note that statements always end in a \verb@NEWLINE@ possibly followed
-by a \verb@DEDENT@.
-\index{NEWLINE token}
-\index{DEDENT token}
-
-Also note that optional continuation clauses always begin with a
-keyword that cannot start a statement, thus there are no ambiguities
-(the `dangling \verb@else@' problem is solved in Python by requiring
-nested \verb@if@ statements to be indented).
-\indexii{dangling}{else}
-
-The formatting of the grammar rules in the following sections places
-each clause on a separate line for clarity.
-
-\section{The {\tt if} statement}
-\stindex{if}
-
-The \verb@if@ statement is used for conditional execution:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-if_stmt: "if" condition ":" suite
- ("elif" condition ":" suite)*
- ["else" ":" suite]
-\end{verbatim}
-
-It selects exactly one of the suites by evaluating the conditions one
-by one until one is found to be true (see section \ref{Booleans} for
-the definition of true and false); then that suite is executed (and no
-other part of the \verb@if@ statement is executed or evaluated). If
-all conditions are false, the suite of the \verb@else@ clause, if
-present, is executed.
-\kwindex{elif}
-\kwindex{else}
-
-\section{The {\tt while} statement}
-\stindex{while}
-\indexii{loop}{statement}
-
-The \verb@while@ statement is used for repeated execution as long as a
-condition is true:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-while_stmt: "while" condition ":" suite
- ["else" ":" suite]
-\end{verbatim}
-
-This repeatedly tests the condition and, if it is true, executes the
-first suite; if the condition is false (which may be the first time it
-is tested) the suite of the \verb@else@ clause, if present, is
-executed and the loop terminates.
-\kwindex{else}
-
-A \verb@break@ statement executed in the first suite terminates the
-loop without executing the \verb@else@ clause's suite. A
-\verb@continue@ statement executed in the first suite skips the rest
-of the suite and goes back to testing the condition.
-\stindex{break}
-\stindex{continue}
-
-\section{The {\tt for} statement}
-\stindex{for}
-\indexii{loop}{statement}
-
-The \verb@for@ statement is used to iterate over the elements of a
-sequence (string, tuple or list):
-\obindex{sequence}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-for_stmt: "for" target_list "in" condition_list ":" suite
- ["else" ":" suite]
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The condition list is evaluated once; it should yield a sequence. The
-suite is then executed once for each item in the sequence, in the
-order of ascending indices. Each item in turn is assigned to the
-target list using the standard rules for assignments, and then the
-suite is executed. When the items are exhausted (which is immediately
-when the sequence is empty), the suite in the \verb@else@ clause, if
-present, is executed, and the loop terminates.
-\kwindex{in}
-\kwindex{else}
-\indexii{target}{list}
-
-A \verb@break@ statement executed in the first suite terminates the
-loop without executing the \verb@else@ clause's suite. A
-\verb@continue@ statement executed in the first suite skips the rest
-of the suite and continues with the next item, or with the \verb@else@
-clause if there was no next item.
-\stindex{break}
-\stindex{continue}
-
-The suite may assign to the variable(s) in the target list; this does
-not affect the next item assigned to it.
-
-The target list is not deleted when the loop is finished, but if the
-sequence is empty, it will not have been assigned to at all by the
-loop.
-
-Hint: the built-in function \verb@range()@ returns a sequence of
-integers suitable to emulate the effect of Pascal's
-\verb@for i := a to b do@;
-e.g. \verb@range(3)@ returns the list \verb@[0, 1, 2]@.
-\bifuncindex{range}
-\index{Pascal}
-
-{\bf Warning:} There is a subtlety when the sequence is being modified
-by the loop (this can only occur for mutable sequences, i.e. lists).
-An internal counter is used to keep track of which item is used next,
-and this is incremented on each iteration. When this counter has
-reached the length of the sequence the loop terminates. This means that
-if the suite deletes the current (or a previous) item from the
-sequence, the next item will be skipped (since it gets the index of
-the current item which has already been treated). Likewise, if the
-suite inserts an item in the sequence before the current item, the
-current item will be treated again the next time through the loop.
-This can lead to nasty bugs that can be avoided by making a temporary
-copy using a slice of the whole sequence, e.g.
-\index{loop!over mutable sequence}
-\index{mutable sequence!loop over}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-for x in a[:]:
- if x < 0: a.remove(x)
-\end{verbatim}
-
-\section{The {\tt try} statement} \label{try}
-\stindex{try}
-
-The \verb@try@ statement specifies exception handlers and/or cleanup
-code for a group of statements:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-try_stmt: try_exc_stmt | try_fin_stmt
-try_exc_stmt: "try" ":" suite
- ("except" [condition ["," target]] ":" suite)+
- ["else" ":" suite]
-try_fin_stmt: "try" ":" suite
- "finally" ":" suite
-\end{verbatim}
-
-There are two forms of \verb@try@ statement: \verb@try...except@ and
-\verb@try...finally@. These forms cannot be mixed.
-
-The \verb@try...except@ form specifies one or more exception handlers
-(the \verb@except@ clauses). When no exception occurs in the
-\verb@try@ clause, no exception handler is executed. When an
-exception occurs in the \verb@try@ suite, a search for an exception
-handler is started. This inspects the except clauses in turn until
-one is found that matches the exception. A condition-less except
-clause, if present, must be last; it matches any exception. For an
-except clause with a condition, that condition is evaluated, and the
-clause matches the exception if the resulting object is ``compatible''
-with the exception. An object is compatible with an exception if it
-is either the object that identifies the exception, or (for exceptions
-that are classes) it is a base class of the exception, or it is a
-tuple containing an item that is compatible with the exception. Note
-that the object identities must match, i.e. it must be the same
-object, not just an object with the same value.
-\kwindex{except}
-
-If no except clause matches the exception, the search for an exception
-handler continues in the surrounding code and on the invocation stack.
-
-If the evaluation of a condition in the header of an except clause
-raises an exception, the original search for a handler is cancelled
-and a search starts for the new exception in the surrounding code and
-on the call stack (it is treated as if the entire \verb@try@ statement
-raised the exception).
-
-When a matching except clause is found, the exception's parameter is
-assigned to the target specified in that except clause, if present,
-and the except clause's suite is executed. When the end of this suite
-is reached, execution continues normally after the entire try
-statement. (This means that if two nested handlers exist for the same
-exception, and the exception occurs in the try clause of the inner
-handler, the outer handler will not handle the exception.)
-
-Before an except clause's suite is executed, details about the
-exception are assigned to three variables in the \verb@sys@ module:
-\verb@sys.exc_type@ receives the object identifying the exception;
-\verb@sys.exc_value@ receives the exception's parameter;
-\verb@sys.exc_traceback@ receives a traceback object (see section
-\ref{traceback}) identifying the point in the program where the
-exception occurred.
-\refbimodindex{sys}
-\ttindex{exc_type}
-\ttindex{exc_value}
-\ttindex{exc_traceback}
-\obindex{traceback}
-
-The optional \verb@else@ clause is executed when no exception occurs
-in the \verb@try@ clause. Exceptions in the \verb@else@ clause are
-not handled by the preceding \verb@except@ clauses.
-\kwindex{else}
-
-The \verb@try...finally@ form specifies a `cleanup' handler. The
-\verb@try@ clause is executed. When no exception occurs, the
-\verb@finally@ clause is executed. When an exception occurs in the
-\verb@try@ clause, the exception is temporarily saved, the
-\verb@finally@ clause is executed, and then the saved exception is
-re-raised. If the \verb@finally@ clause raises another exception or
-executes a \verb@return@, \verb@break@ or \verb@continue@ statement,
-the saved exception is lost.
-\kwindex{finally}
-
-When a \verb@return@ or \verb@break@ statement is executed in the
-\verb@try@ suite of a \verb@try...finally@ statement, the
-\verb@finally@ clause is also executed `on the way out'. A
-\verb@continue@ statement is illegal in the \verb@try@ clause. (The
-reason is a problem with the current implementation --- this
-restriction may be lifted in the future).
-\stindex{return}
-\stindex{break}
-\stindex{continue}
-
-\section{Function definitions} \label{function}
-\indexii{function}{definition}
-
-A function definition defines a user-defined function object (see
-section \ref{types}):\footnote{The new syntax to receive arbitrary
-keyword arguments is not yet documented in this manual. See chapter
-12 of the Tutorial.}
-\obindex{user-defined function}
-\obindex{function}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-funcdef: "def" funcname "(" [parameter_list] ")" ":" suite
-parameter_list: (defparameter ",")* ("*" identifier [, "**" identifier]
- | "**" identifier
- | defparameter [","])
-defparameter: parameter ["=" condition]
-sublist: parameter ("," parameter)* [","]
-parameter: identifier | "(" sublist ")"
-funcname: identifier
-\end{verbatim}
-
-A function definition is an executable statement. Its execution binds
-the function name in the current local name space to a function object
-(a wrapper around the executable code for the function). This
-function object contains a reference to the current global name space
-as the global name space to be used when the function is called.
-\indexii{function}{name}
-\indexii{name}{binding}
-
-The function definition does not execute the function body; this gets
-executed only when the function is called.
-
-When one or more top-level parameters have the form {\em parameter =
-condition}, the function is said to have ``default parameter values''.
-Default parameter values are evaluated when the function definition is
-executed. For a parameter with a default value, the correponding
-argument may be omitted from a call, in which case the parameter's
-default value is substituted. If a parameter has a default value, all
-following parameters must also have a default value --- this is a
-syntactic restriction that is not expressed by the grammar.%
-\footnote{Currently this is not checked; instead,
-{\tt def f(a=1,b)} is interpreted as {\tt def f(a=1,b=None)}.}
-\indexiii{default}{parameter}{value}
-
-Function call semantics are described in section \ref{calls}. When a
-user-defined function is called, first missing arguments for which a
-default value exists are supplied; then the arguments (a.k.a. actual
-parameters) are bound to the (formal) parameters, as follows:
-\indexii{function}{call}
-\indexiii{user-defined}{function}{call}
-\index{parameter}
-\index{argument}
-\indexii{parameter}{formal}
-\indexii{parameter}{actual}
-
-\begin{itemize}
-
-\item
-If there are no formal parameters, there must be no arguments.
-
-\item
-If the formal parameter list does not end in a star followed by an
-identifier, there must be exactly as many arguments as there are
-parameters in the formal parameter list (at the top level); the
-arguments are assigned to the formal parameters one by one. Note that
-the presence or absence of a trailing comma at the top level in either
-the formal or the actual parameter list makes no difference. The
-assignment to a formal parameter is performed as if the parameter
-occurs on the left hand side of an assignment statement whose right
-hand side's value is that of the argument.
-
-\item
-If the formal parameter list ends in a star followed by an identifier,
-preceded by zero or more comma-followed parameters, there must be at
-least as many arguments as there are parameters preceding the star.
-Call this number {\em N}. The first {\em N} arguments are assigned to
-the corresponding formal parameters in the way descibed above. A
-tuple containing the remaining arguments, if any, is then assigned to
-the identifier following the star. This variable will always be a
-tuple: if there are no extra arguments, its value is \verb@()@, if
-there is just one extra argument, it is a singleton tuple.
-\indexii{variable length}{parameter list}
-
-\end{itemize}
-
-Note that the `variable length parameter list' feature only works at
-the top level of the parameter list; individual parameters use a model
-corresponding more closely to that of ordinary assignment. While the
-latter model is generally preferable, because of the greater type
-safety it offers (wrong-sized tuples aren't silently mistreated),
-variable length parameter lists are a sufficiently accepted practice
-in most programming languages that a compromise has been worked out.
-(And anyway, assignment has no equivalent for empty argument lists.)
-
-It is also possible to create anonymous functions (functions not bound
-to a name), for immediate use in expressions. This uses lambda forms,
-described in section \ref{lambda}.
-\indexii{lambda}{form}
-
-\section{Class definitions} \label{class}
-\indexii{class}{definition}
-
-A class definition defines a class object (see section \ref{types}):
-\obindex{class}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-classdef: "class" classname [inheritance] ":" suite
-inheritance: "(" [condition_list] ")"
-classname: identifier
-\end{verbatim}
-
-A class definition is an executable statement. It first evaluates the
-inheritance list, if present. Each item in the inheritance list
-should evaluate to a class object. The class's suite is then executed
-in a new execution frame (see section \ref{execframes}), using a newly
-created local name space and the original global name space.
-(Usually, the suite contains only function definitions.) When the
-class's suite finishes execution, its execution frame is discarded but
-its local name space is saved. A class object is then created using
-the inheritance list for the base classes and the saved local name
-space for the attribute dictionary. The class name is bound to this
-class object in the original local name space.
-\index{inheritance}
-\indexii{class}{name}
-\indexii{name}{binding}
-\indexii{execution}{frame}
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-\chapter{Top-level components}
-
-The Python interpreter can get its input from a number of sources:
-from a script passed to it as standard input or as program argument,
-typed in interactively, from a module source file, etc. This chapter
-gives the syntax used in these cases.
-\index{interpreter}
-
-\section{Complete Python programs}
-\index{program}
-
-While a language specification need not prescribe how the language
-interpreter is invoked, it is useful to have a notion of a complete
-Python program. A complete Python program is executed in a minimally
-initialized environment: all built-in and standard modules are
-available, but none have been initialized, except for \verb@sys@
-(various system services), \verb@__builtin__@ (built-in functions,
-exceptions and \verb@None@) and \verb@__main__@. The latter is used
-to provide the local and global name space for execution of the
-complete program.
-\refbimodindex{sys}
-\refbimodindex{__main__}
-\refbimodindex{__builtin__}
-
-The syntax for a complete Python program is that for file input,
-described in the next section.
-
-The interpreter may also be invoked in interactive mode; in this case,
-it does not read and execute a complete program but reads and executes
-one statement (possibly compound) at a time. The initial environment
-is identical to that of a complete program; each statement is executed
-in the name space of \verb@__main__@.
-\index{interactive mode}
-\refbimodindex{__main__}
-
-Under {\UNIX}, a complete program can be passed to the interpreter in
-three forms: with the {\bf -c} {\it string} command line option, as a
-file passed as the first command line argument, or as standard input.
-If the file or standard input is a tty device, the interpreter enters
-interactive mode; otherwise, it executes the file as a complete
-program.
-\index{UNIX}
-\index{command line}
-\index{standard input}
-
-\section{File input}
-
-All input read from non-interactive files has the same form:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-file_input: (NEWLINE | statement)*
-\end{verbatim}
-
-This syntax is used in the following situations:
-
-\begin{itemize}
-
-\item when parsing a complete Python program (from a file or from a string);
-
-\item when parsing a module;
-
-\item when parsing a string passed to the \verb@exec@ statement;
-
-\end{itemize}
-
-\section{Interactive input}
-
-Input in interactive mode is parsed using the following grammar:
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-interactive_input: [stmt_list] NEWLINE | compound_stmt NEWLINE
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Note that a (top-level) compound statement must be followed by a blank
-line in interactive mode; this is needed to help the parser detect the
-end of the input.
-
-\section{Expression input}
-\index{input}
-
-There are two forms of expression input. Both ignore leading
-whitespace.
-
-The string argument to \verb@eval()@ must have the following form:
-\bifuncindex{eval}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-eval_input: condition_list NEWLINE*
-\end{verbatim}
-
-The input line read by \verb@input()@ must have the following form:
-\bifuncindex{input}
-
-\begin{verbatim}
-input_input: condition_list NEWLINE
-\end{verbatim}
-
-Note: to read `raw' input line without interpretation, you can use the
-built-in function \verb@raw_input()@ or the \verb@readline()@ method
-of file objects.
-\obindex{file}
-\index{input!raw}
-\index{raw input}
-\bifuncindex{raw_index}
-\ttindex{readline}