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.. _built-in-consts:
Built-in Constants
==================
A small number of constants live in the built-in namespace. They are:
.. data:: False
The false value of the :class:`bool` type.
.. versionadded:: 2.3
.. data:: True
The true value of the :class:`bool` type.
.. versionadded:: 2.3
.. data:: None
The sole value of :attr:`types.NoneType`. ``None`` is frequently used to
represent the absence of a value, as when default arguments are not passed to a
function.
.. versionchanged:: 2.4
Assignments to ``None`` are illegal and raise a :exc:`SyntaxError`.
.. data:: NotImplemented
Special value which can be returned by the "rich comparison" special methods
(:meth:`__eq__`, :meth:`__lt__`, and friends), to indicate that the comparison
is not implemented with respect to the other type.
.. data:: Ellipsis
Special value used in conjunction with extended slicing syntax.
.. data:: __debug__
This constant is true if Python was not started with an :option:`-O` option.
See also the :keyword:`assert` statement.
.. note::
The names :data:`None` and :data:`__debug__` cannot be reassigned
(assignments to them, even as an attribute name, raise :exc:`SyntaxError`),
so they can be considered "true" constants.
.. versionchanged:: 2.7
Assignments to ``__debug__`` as an attribute became illegal.
Constants added by the :mod:`site` module
-----------------------------------------
The :mod:`site` module (which is imported automatically during startup, except
if the :option:`-S` command-line option is given) adds several constants to the
built-in namespace. They are useful for the interactive interpreter shell and
should not be used in programs.
.. data:: quit([code=None])
exit([code=None])
Objects that when printed, print a message like "Use quit() or Ctrl-D
(i.e. EOF) to exit", and when called, raise :exc:`SystemExit` with the
specified exit code.
.. data:: copyright
license
credits
Objects that when printed, print a message like "Type license() to see the
full license text", and when called, display the corresponding text in a
pager-like fashion (one screen at a time).
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