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Abstract: Python Essential Reference, 3rd Edition, is a comprehensive reference to the Python programming language. The focus of this latest edition is to add coverage of significant new features and new library modules added to the language over the past five years. Clearly written with concise organization, the new features covered include new style classes, unification of types and classes, xmlrpclip, intertools, bz2 and optparse, making it the most up-to-date Python book on the market
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Python Essential Reference, Third Edition
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David M. Beazley is a long-time Python enthusiast, having been involved with the Python community since 1996. He is probably best known for his work on SWIG, a popular software package for integrating C/C++ programs with other programming languages, including Python, Perl, Ruby, Tcl, and Java. He has also written a number of other programming tools, including PLY, a Python implementation of lex and yacc. Dave spent seven years working in the Theoretical Physics Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he helped pioneer the use of Python with massively parallel supercomputers. After that, Dave went off to work as an evil professor, where he briefly enjoyed tormenting college students with a variety of insane programming projects. However, he has since seen the error of his ways and is now working as a professional musician and occasional software consultant in Chicago. He can be contacted at http://www.dabeaz.com.
This book would not be possible without the support of many people. First, Id like to thank Timothy Boronczyk for his feedback regarding the third edition. Id also like to acknowledge past technical reviewers Paul DuBois, Mats Wichmann, David Ascher, and Tim Bell for their valuable comments and advice that made earlier editions a success. Guido van Rossum, Jeremy Hylton, Fred Drake, Roger Masse, and Barry Warsaw also provided tremendous assistance with the first edition while hosting me for a few weeks back in the hot summer of 1999. Last, but not least, this book would not be possible without all of the feedback I received from readers. There are far too many people to list individually, but I have done my best to incorporate your suggestions for making the book even better. Id also like to thank all the folks at Sams Publishing and Pearson Education for their continued commitment to the project and assistance. Jenny Watson, Scott Meyers, Andy Beaster, and Bart Reed all helped out to get this edition out the door in good shape. A special thanks is in order for Robin Drake, whose tremendous effort in editing previous editions made the third edition possible. Finally, Id like to offer a special acknowledgment to my musical partners in crime: Jim Trompeter, David Bloom, Thomas Mucha, Trent Harris, Matt Mayes, Marc Piane, and Alex Alvarado. They had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Python or this book, but they put up with me when I was spending far too much time working on the book and not enough time working on interesting new bebop lines. Thanks guys.
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T HIS BOOK IS INTENDED TO BE A CONCISE REFERENCE to the Python programming language. Although an experienced programmer will probably be able to learn Python from this book, its not intended to be an extended tutorial or a treatise on how to program. Rather, the goal is to present the core Python language, the contents of the Python library, and the Python extension API in a manner thats accurate and concise. This book assumes that the reader has prior programming experience with Python or another language such as C or Java. In a addition, a general familiarity with systems programming topics (for example, basic operating system concepts and network programming) may be useful in understanding certain parts of the library reference.
Python is freely available for download at http://www.python.org. Versions are available for almost every operating system, including UNIX, Windows, Macintosh, and Java. In addition, the Python website includes links to documentation, how-to guides, and a wide assortment of third-party software.
The contents of this book are based on Python 2.4. However, readers should be aware that Python is a constantly evolving language. Most of the topics described herein are likely to be applicable to future versions of Python 2.x. In addition, much of the material is applicable to earlier releases. To a lesser extent, the topics in this book also apply to alternative Python implementations such as Jython (an implementation of Python in Java) and IronPython (an implementation of Python for .NET). However, those implementations are not the primary focus.
Just as Python is an evolving language, the third edition of Python Essential Reference has evolved to make use of new language features and new library modules. In fact, since the publication of the second edition, Python has undergone a dramatic transformation involving significant changes to core parts of the language. In addition, a wide variety of new and interesting features have been added. Rather than discussing these changes as a mere afterthought, the entire text has been updated to reflect the modern state of Python programming. Although no distinction is given to new features, detailed descriptions of language changes can be found at http://www.python.org.
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