1.0.1a2
the second alpha release of the first patch version of 1.0
-:option:`classifiers` are specified in a python list::
+:option:`classifiers` are specified in a Python list::
setup(...,
classifiers=[
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To dynamically load g++ extension modules, you must recompile Python, relink it
-using g++ (change LINKCC in the python Modules Makefile), and link your
+using g++ (change LINKCC in the Python Modules Makefile), and link your
extension module using g++ (e.g., ``g++ -shared -o mymodule.so mymodule.o``).
If you would like the script to be independent of where the Python interpreter
lives, you can use the "env" program. Almost all Unix variants support the
-following, assuming the python interpreter is in a directory on the user's
+following, assuming the Python interpreter is in a directory on the user's
$PATH::
#!/usr/bin/env python
for developing code by experiment.
-How do I make python scripts executable?
+How do I make Python scripts executable?
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On Windows 2000, the standard Python installer already associates the .py
yield s / float(n)
The :meth:`rotate` method provides a way to implement :class:`deque` slicing and
-deletion. For example, a pure python implementation of ``del d[n]`` relies on
+deletion. For example, a pure Python implementation of ``del d[n]`` relies on
the :meth:`rotate` method to position elements to be popped::
def delete_nth(d, n):
The advanced API revolves around two container classes, which are used to store
the interactive examples extracted from doctest cases:
-* :class:`Example`: A single python :term:`statement`, paired with its expected
+* :class:`Example`: A single Python :term:`statement`, paired with its expected
output.
* :class:`DocTest`: A collection of :class:`Example`\ s, typically extracted
.. seealso::
Module :mod:`hashlib`
- The python module providing secure hash functions.
+ The Python module providing secure hash functions.
Example Usage
-------------
-Note that this example runs the python "benchmark" pystones. It can take some
+Note that this example runs the Python "benchmark" pystones. It can take some
time to run, and will produce large output files. ::
>>> import hotshot, hotshot.stats, test.pystone
of the :class:`LogRecord` attributes - such as the default value mentioned above
making use of the fact that the user's message and arguments are pre-formatted
into a :class:`LogRecord`'s *message* attribute. This format string contains
-standard python %-style mapping keys. See section :ref:`string-formatting`
+standard Python %-style mapping keys. See section :ref:`string-formatting`
for more information on string formatting.
Currently, the useful mapping keys in a :class:`LogRecord` are:
.. function:: set_executable()
- Sets the path of the python interpreter to use when starting a child process.
+ Sets the path of the Python interpreter to use when starting a child process.
(By default :data:`sys.executable` is used). Embedders will probably need to
do some thing like ::
(Pdb)
run [*args* ...]
- Restart the debugged python program. If an argument is supplied, it is split
+ Restart the debugged Python program. If an argument is supplied, it is split
with "shlex" and the result is used as the new sys.argv. History, breakpoints,
actions and debugger options are preserved. "restart" is an alias for "run".
.. versionchanged:: 2.6
:exc:`RuntimeError`
- SSL/TLS support is not available to your python interpreter.
+ SSL/TLS support is not available to your Python interpreter.
.. method:: SMTP.sendmail(from_addr, to_addrs, msg[, mail_options, rcpt_options])
in general it is recommended to call :meth:`settimeout` before calling
:meth:`connect` or pass a timeout parameter to :meth:`create_connection`.
The system network stack may return a connection timeout error
-of its own regardless of any python socket timeout setting.
+of its own regardless of any Python socket timeout setting.
.. method:: socket.setsockopt(level, optname, value)
| ``'c'`` | Single character (accepts integer or single | |
| | character string). | |
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+
-| ``'r'`` | String (converts any python object using | \(5) |
+| ``'r'`` | String (converts any Python object using | \(5) |
| | :func:`repr`). | |
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+
-| ``'s'`` | String (converts any python object using | \(6) |
+| ``'s'`` | String (converts any Python object using | \(6) |
| | :func:`str`). | |
+------------+-----------------------------------------------------+-------+
| ``'%'`` | No argument is converted, results in a ``'%'`` | |
The turtle module provides turtle graphics primitives, in both object-oriented
and procedure-oriented ways. Because it uses :mod:`Tkinter` for the underlying
-graphics, it needs a version of python installed with Tk support.
+graphics, it needs a version of Python installed with Tk support.
The object-oriented interface uses essentially two+two classes:
- Use binascii module to do the actual line-by-line conversion
between ascii and binary. This results in a 1000-fold speedup. The C
version is still 5 times faster, though.
- - Arguments more compliant with python standard
+ - Arguments more compliant with Python standard
XML Remote Procedure Calls
* The :mod:`xml.dom` and :mod:`xml.sax` packages provide robust support for
parsing this popular data interchange format. Likewise, the :mod:`csv` module
supports direct reads and writes in a common database format. Together, these
- modules and packages greatly simplify data interchange between python
+ modules and packages greatly simplify data interchange between Python
applications and other tools.
* Internationalization is supported by a number of modules including
that stores only homogeneous data and stores it more compactly. The following
example shows an array of numbers stored as two byte unsigned binary numbers
(typecode ``"H"``) rather than the usual 16 bytes per entry for regular lists of
-python int objects::
+Python int objects::
>>> from array import array
>>> a = array('H', [4000, 10, 700, 22222])
some Unices may not have the :program:`env` command, so you may need to hardcode
``/usr/bin/python`` as the interpreter path.
-To use shell commands in your python scripts, look at the :mod:`subprocess` module.
+To use shell commands in your Python scripts, look at the :mod:`subprocess` module.
Editors
=======
Vim and Emacs are excellent editors which support Python very well. For more
-information on how to code in python in these editors, look at:
+information on how to code in Python in these editors, look at:
* http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=790
* http://sourceforge.net/projects/python-mode
`Enthought Python Distribution <http://www.enthought.com/products/epd.php>`_
Popular modules (such as PyWin32) with their respective documentation, tool
- suite for building extensible python applications
+ suite for building extensible Python applications
Notice that these packages are likely to install *older* versions of Python.
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