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SF bug #690377: Dud footnote reference in distutils docs
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1 \section{\module{types} ---
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2 Names for built-in types}
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4 \declaremodule{standard}{types}
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5 \modulesynopsis{Names for built-in types.}
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8 This module defines names for some object types that are used by
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9 the standard Python interpreter, but not for the types defined by various
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10 extension modules. Also, it does not include some of the types that
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11 arise during processing such the \code{listiterator} type.
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12 It is safe to use \samp{from types import *} ---
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13 the module does not export any names besides the ones listed here.
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14 New names exported by future versions of this module will all end in
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15 \samp{Type}.
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17 Typical use is for functions that do different things depending on
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18 their argument types, like the following:
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20 \begin{verbatim}
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21 from types import *
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22 def delete(mylist, item):
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23 if type(item) is IntType:
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24 del mylist[item]
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25 else:
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26 mylist.remove(item)
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27 \end{verbatim}
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29 Starting in Python 2.2, built-in factory functions such as
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30 \function{int()} and \function{str()} are also names for the
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31 corresponding types. This is now the preferred way to access
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32 the type instead of using the \module{types} module. Accordingly,
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33 the example above should be written as follows:
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35 \begin{verbatim}
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36 def delete(mylist, item):
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37 if isinstance(item, int):
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38 del mylist[item]
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39 else:
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40 mylist.remove(item)
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43 The module defines the following names:
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45 \begin{datadesc}{NoneType}
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46 The type of \code{None}.
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49 \begin{datadesc}{TypeType}
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50 The type of type objects (such as returned by
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51 \function{type()}\bifuncindex{type}).
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54 \begin{datadesc}{BooleanType}
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55 The type of the \class{bool} values \code{True} and \code{False}; this
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56 is an alias of the built-in \function{bool()} function.
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57 \versionadded{2.3}
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60 \begin{datadesc}{IntType}
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61 The type of integers (e.g. \code{1}).
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64 \begin{datadesc}{LongType}
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65 The type of long integers (e.g. \code{1L}).
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66 \end{datadesc}
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68 \begin{datadesc}{FloatType}
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69 The type of floating point numbers (e.g. \code{1.0}).
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72 \begin{datadesc}{ComplexType}
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73 The type of complex numbers (e.g. \code{1.0j}). This is not defined
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74 if Python was built without complex number support.
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78 The type of character strings (e.g. \code{'Spam'}).
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81 \begin{datadesc}{UnicodeType}
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82 The type of Unicode character strings (e.g. \code{u'Spam'}). This is
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83 not defined if Python was built without Unicode support.
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87 The type of tuples (e.g. \code{(1, 2, 3, 'Spam')}).
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91 The type of lists (e.g. \code{[0, 1, 2, 3]}).
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95 The type of dictionaries (e.g. \code{\{'Bacon': 1, 'Ham': 0\}}).
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103 The type of user-defined functions and lambdas.
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122 The type of user-defined classes.
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126 The type of instances of user-defined classes.
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130 The type of methods of user-defined class instances.
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134 An alternate name for \code{MethodType}.
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135 \end{datadesc}
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137 \begin{datadesc}{BuiltinFunctionType}
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138 The type of built-in functions like \function{len()} or
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139 \function{sys.exit()}.
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140 \end{datadesc}
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142 \begin{datadesc}{BuiltinMethodType}
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143 An alternate name for \code{BuiltinFunction}.
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144 \end{datadesc}
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146 \begin{datadesc}{ModuleType}
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147 The type of modules.
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150 \begin{datadesc}{FileType}
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151 The type of open file objects such as \code{sys.stdout}.
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154 \begin{datadesc}{XRangeType}
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155 The type of range objects returned by
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156 \function{xrange()}\bifuncindex{xrange}.
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157 \end{datadesc}
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161 \function{slice()}\bifuncindex{slice}.
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165 The type of \code{Ellipsis}.
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168 \begin{datadesc}{TracebackType}
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169 The type of traceback objects such as found in
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170 \code{sys.exc_traceback}.
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173 \begin{datadesc}{FrameType}
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174 The type of frame objects such as found in \code{tb.tb_frame} if
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175 \code{tb} is a traceback object.
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178 \begin{datadesc}{BufferType}
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179 The type of buffer objects created by the
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180 \function{buffer()}\bifuncindex{buffer} function.
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183 \begin{datadesc}{StringTypes}
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184 A sequence containing \code{StringType} and \code{UnicodeType} used to
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185 facilitate easier checking for any string object. Using this is more
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186 portable than using a sequence of the two string types constructed
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187 elsewhere since it only contains \code{UnicodeType} if it has been
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189 \code{isinstance(s, types.StringTypes)}.
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190 \versionadded{2.2}
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191 \end{datadesc}