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169 lines
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\section{\module{types} ---
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Names for all built-in types}
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\declaremodule{standard}{types}
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\modulesynopsis{Names for all built-in types.}
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This module defines names for all object types that are used by the
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standard Python interpreter, but not for the types defined by various
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extension modules. It is safe to use \samp{from types import *} ---
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the module does not export any names besides the ones listed here.
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New names exported by future versions of this module will all end in
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\samp{Type}.
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Typical use is for functions that do different things depending on
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their argument types, like the following:
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\begin{verbatim}
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from types import *
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def delete(list, item):
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if type(item) is IntType:
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del list[item]
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else:
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list.remove(item)
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\end{verbatim}
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The module defines the following names:
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\begin{datadesc}{NoneType}
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The type of \code{None}.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{TypeType}
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The type of type objects (such as returned by
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\function{type()}\bifuncindex{type}).
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{IntType}
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The type of integers (e.g. \code{1}).
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{LongType}
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The type of long integers (e.g. \code{1L}).
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{FloatType}
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The type of floating point numbers (e.g. \code{1.0}).
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{ComplexType}
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The type of complex numbers (e.g. \code{1.0j}). This is not defined
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if Python was built without complex number support.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{StringType}
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The type of character strings (e.g. \code{'Spam'}).
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{UnicodeType}
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The type of Unicode character strings (e.g. \code{u'Spam'}). This is
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not defined if Python was built without Unicode support.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{TupleType}
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The type of tuples (e.g. \code{(1, 2, 3, 'Spam')}).
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{ListType}
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The type of lists (e.g. \code{[0, 1, 2, 3]}).
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{DictType}
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The type of dictionaries (e.g. \code{\{'Bacon': 1, 'Ham': 0\}}).
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{DictionaryType}
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An alternate name for \code{DictType}.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{FunctionType}
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The type of user-defined functions and lambdas.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{LambdaType}
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An alternate name for \code{FunctionType}.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{GeneratorType}
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The type of generator-iterator objects, produced by calling a
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generator function.
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\versionadded{2.2}
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{CodeType}
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The type for code objects such as returned by
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\function{compile()}\bifuncindex{compile}.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{ClassType}
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The type of user-defined classes.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{InstanceType}
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The type of instances of user-defined classes.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{MethodType}
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The type of methods of user-defined class instances.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{UnboundMethodType}
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An alternate name for \code{MethodType}.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{BuiltinFunctionType}
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The type of built-in functions like \function{len()} or
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\function{sys.exit()}.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{BuiltinMethodType}
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An alternate name for \code{BuiltinFunction}.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{ModuleType}
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The type of modules.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{FileType}
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The type of open file objects such as \code{sys.stdout}.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{XRangeType}
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The type of range objects returned by
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\function{xrange()}\bifuncindex{xrange}.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{SliceType}
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The type of objects returned by
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\function{slice()}\bifuncindex{slice}.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{EllipsisType}
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The type of \code{Ellipsis}.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{TracebackType}
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The type of traceback objects such as found in
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\code{sys.exc_traceback}.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{FrameType}
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The type of frame objects such as found in \code{tb.tb_frame} if
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\code{tb} is a traceback object.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{BufferType}
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The type of buffer objects created by the
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\function{buffer()}\bifuncindex{buffer} function.
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\end{datadesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{StringTypes}
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A sequence containing \code{StringType} and \code{UnicodeType} used to
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facilitate easier checking for any string object. Using this is more
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portable than using a sequence of the two string types constructed
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elsewhere since it only contains \code{UnicodeType} if it has been
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built in the running version of Python. For example:
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\code{isinstance(s, types.StringTypes)}.
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\end{datadesc}
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