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5 Data Types
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8 The modules described in this chapter provide a variety of specialized data
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9 types such as dates and times, fixed-type arrays, heap queues, synchronized
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10 queues, and sets.
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12 Python also provides some built-in data types, in particular,
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13 :class:`dict`, :class:`list`, :class:`set` (which along with
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14 :class:`frozenset`, replaces the deprecated :mod:`sets` module), and
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15 :class:`tuple`. The :class:`str` class can be used to handle binary data
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16 and 8-bit text, and the :class:`unicode` class to handle Unicode text.
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18 The following modules are documented in this chapter:
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21 .. toctree::
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