[Bug #1514540] Instead of putting the standard types in a section, put them in a chapter of their own. This means string methods will now show up in the ToC. (Should the types come before or after the functions+exceptions+constants chapter? I've put them after, for now.)
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@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ and how to embed it in other applications.
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% BUILT-INs
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% =============
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\input{libobjs} % Built-in Types, Exceptions and Functions
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\input{libobjs} % Built-in Exceptions and Functions
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\input{libfuncs}
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\input{libstdtypes}
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\input{libexcs}
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\input{libconsts}
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\input{libstdtypes} % Built-in types
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% =============
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@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
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\section{Built-in Types \label{types}}
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\chapter{Built-in Types \label{types}}
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The following sections describe the standard types that are built into
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the interpreter.
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@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ and other language statements can be found in the
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\citetitle[../tut/tut.html]{Python Tutorial}.)
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\subsection{Truth Value Testing\label{truth}}
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\section{Truth Value Testing\label{truth}}
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Any object can be tested for truth value, for use in an \keyword{if} or
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\keyword{while} condition or as operand of the Boolean operations below.
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@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ return one of their operands.)
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\index{False}
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\index{True}
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\subsection{Boolean Operations ---
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\section{Boolean Operations ---
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\keyword{and}, \keyword{or}, \keyword{not}
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\label{boolean}}
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@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ These only evaluate their second argument if needed for their outcome.
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\end{description}
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\subsection{Comparisons \label{comparisons}}
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\section{Comparisons \label{comparisons}}
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Comparison operations are supported by all objects. They all have the
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same priority (which is higher than that of the Boolean operations).
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@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ Two more operations with the same syntactic priority,
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only by sequence types (below).
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\subsection{Numeric Types ---
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\section{Numeric Types ---
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\class{int}, \class{float}, \class{long}, \class{complex}
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\label{typesnumeric}}
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@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ though the result's type is not necessarily int.
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\end{description}
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% XXXJH exceptions: overflow (when? what operations?) zerodivision
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\subsubsection{Bit-string Operations on Integer Types \label{bitstring-ops}}
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\subsection{Bit-string Operations on Integer Types \label{bitstring-ops}}
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\nodename{Bit-string Operations}
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Plain and long integer types support additional operations that make
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@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ division by \code{pow(2, \var{n})} without overflow check.
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\end{description}
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\subsection{Iterator Types \label{typeiter}}
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\section{Iterator Types \label{typeiter}}
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\versionadded{2.2}
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\index{iterator protocol}
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@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ return an iterator object (technically, a generator object)
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supplying the \method{__iter__()} and \method{next()} methods.
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\subsection{Sequence Types ---
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\section{Sequence Types ---
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\class{str}, \class{unicode}, \class{list},
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\class{tuple}, \class{buffer}, \class{xrange}
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\label{typesseq}}
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\end{description}
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\subsubsection{String Methods \label{string-methods}}
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\subsection{String Methods \label{string-methods}}
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\indexii{string}{methods}
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These are the string methods which both 8-bit strings and Unicode
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\end{methoddesc}
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\subsubsection{String Formatting Operations \label{typesseq-strings}}
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\subsection{String Formatting Operations \label{typesseq-strings}}
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\index{formatting, string (\%{})}
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\index{interpolation, string (\%{})}
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\refmodule{re}.\refstmodindex{re}
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\subsubsection{XRange Type \label{typesseq-xrange}}
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\subsection{XRange Type \label{typesseq-xrange}}
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The \class{xrange}\obindex{xrange} type is an immutable sequence which
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is commonly used for looping. The advantage of the \class{xrange}
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iteration, and the \function{len()} function.
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\subsubsection{Mutable Sequence Types \label{typesseq-mutable}}
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\subsection{Mutable Sequence Types \label{typesseq-mutable}}
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List objects support additional operations that allow in-place
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modification of the object.
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that the list has been mutated during a sort.
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\end{description}
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\subsection{Set Types ---
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\section{Set Types ---
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\class{set}, \class{frozenset}
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\label{types-set}}
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\obindex{set}
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\end{seealso}
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\subsection{Mapping Types --- \class{dict} \label{typesmapping}}
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\section{Mapping Types --- \class{dict} \label{typesmapping}}
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\obindex{mapping}
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\obindex{dictionary}
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\end{description}
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\subsection{File Objects
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\section{File Objects
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\label{bltin-file-objects}}
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File objects\obindex{file} are implemented using C's \code{stdio}
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\end{memberdesc}
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\subsection{Context Manager Types \label{typecontextmanager}}
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\section{Context Manager Types \label{typecontextmanager}}
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\versionadded{2.5}
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\index{context manager}
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is negligible.
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\subsection{Other Built-in Types \label{typesother}}
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\section{Other Built-in Types \label{typesother}}
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The interpreter supports several other kinds of objects.
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Most of these support only one or two operations.
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\subsubsection{Modules \label{typesmodules}}
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\subsection{Modules \label{typesmodules}}
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The only special operation on a module is attribute access:
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\code{\var{m}.\var{name}}, where \var{m} is a module and \var{name}
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'/usr/local/lib/python\shortversion/os.pyc'>}.
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\subsubsection{Classes and Class Instances \label{typesobjects}}
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\subsection{Classes and Class Instances \label{typesobjects}}
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\nodename{Classes and Instances}
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See chapters 3 and 7 of the \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python
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Reference Manual} for these.
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\subsubsection{Functions \label{typesfunctions}}
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\subsection{Functions \label{typesfunctions}}
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Function objects are created by function definitions. The only
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operation on a function object is to call it:
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See the \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python Reference Manual} for more
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information.
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\subsubsection{Methods \label{typesmethods}}
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\subsection{Methods \label{typesmethods}}
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\obindex{method}
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Methods are functions that are called using the attribute notation.
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information.
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\subsubsection{Code Objects \label{bltin-code-objects}}
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\subsection{Code Objects \label{bltin-code-objects}}
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\obindex{code}
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Code objects are used by the implementation to represent
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information.
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\subsubsection{Type Objects \label{bltin-type-objects}}
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\subsection{Type Objects \label{bltin-type-objects}}
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Type objects represent the various object types. An object's type is
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accessed by the built-in function \function{type()}. There are no special
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Types are written like this: \code{<type 'int'>}.
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\subsubsection{The Null Object \label{bltin-null-object}}
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\subsection{The Null Object \label{bltin-null-object}}
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This object is returned by functions that don't explicitly return a
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value. It supports no special operations. There is exactly one null
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It is written as \code{None}.
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\subsubsection{The Ellipsis Object \label{bltin-ellipsis-object}}
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\subsection{The Ellipsis Object \label{bltin-ellipsis-object}}
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This object is used by extended slice notation (see the
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\citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python Reference Manual}). It supports no
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It is written as \code{Ellipsis}.
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\subsubsection{Boolean Values}
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\subsection{Boolean Values}
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Boolean values are the two constant objects \code{False} and
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\code{True}. They are used to represent truth values (although other
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\indexii{Boolean}{values}
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\subsubsection{Internal Objects \label{typesinternal}}
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\subsection{Internal Objects \label{typesinternal}}
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See the \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python Reference Manual} for this
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information. It describes stack frame objects, traceback objects, and
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slice objects.
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\subsection{Special Attributes \label{specialattrs}}
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\section{Special Attributes \label{specialattrs}}
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The implementation adds a few special read-only attributes to several
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object types, where they are relevant. Some of these are not reported
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