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:mod:`types` --- Names for built-in types
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.. module:: types
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:synopsis: Names for built-in types.
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This module defines names for some object types that are used by the standard
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Python interpreter, but not exposed as builtins like :class:`int` or
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:class:`str` are. Also, it does not include some of the types that arise
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transparently during processing such as the ``listiterator`` type.
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Typical use is for :func:`isinstance` or :func:`issubclass` checks.
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The module defines the following names:
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.. data:: FunctionType
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LambdaType
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The type of user-defined functions and functions created by :keyword:`lambda`
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expressions.
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.. data:: GeneratorType
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The type of :term:`generator`-iterator objects, produced by calling a
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generator function.
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.. data:: CodeType
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.. index:: builtin: compile
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The type for code objects such as returned by :func:`compile`.
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.. data:: MethodType
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The type of methods of user-defined class instances.
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.. data:: BuiltinFunctionType
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BuiltinMethodType
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The type of built-in functions like :func:`len` or :func:`sys.exit`, and
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methods of built-in classes. (Here, the term "built-in" means "written in
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C".)
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.. data:: ModuleType
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The type of modules.
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.. data:: TracebackType
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The type of traceback objects such as found in ``sys.exc_info()[2]``.
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.. data:: FrameType
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The type of frame objects such as found in ``tb.tb_frame`` if ``tb`` is a
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traceback object.
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.. data:: GetSetDescriptorType
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The type of objects defined in extension modules with ``PyGetSetDef``, such
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as ``FrameType.f_locals`` or ``array.array.typecode``. This type is used as
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descriptor for object attributes; it has the same purpose as the
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:class:`property` type, but for classes defined in extension modules.
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.. data:: MemberDescriptorType
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The type of objects defined in extension modules with ``PyMemberDef``, such
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as ``datetime.timedelta.days``. This type is used as descriptor for simple C
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data members which use standard conversion functions; it has the same purpose
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as the :class:`property` type, but for classes defined in extension modules.
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.. impl-detail::
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In other implementations of Python, this type may be identical to
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``GetSetDescriptorType``.
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