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\title{Python Reference Manual}

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\chapter*{Front Matter\label{front}}
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\begin{abstract}

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Python is an interpreted, object-oriented, high-level programming
language with dynamic semantics.  Its high-level built in data
structures, combined with dynamic typing and dynamic binding, make it
very attractive for rapid application development, as well as for use
as a scripting or glue language to connect existing components
together.  Python's simple, easy to learn syntax emphasizes
readability and therefore reduces the cost of program
maintenance.  Python supports modules and packages, which encourages
program modularity and code reuse.  The Python interpreter and the
extensive standard library are available in source or binary form
without charge for all major platforms, and can be freely distributed.

This reference manual describes the syntax and ``core semantics'' of
the language.  It is terse, but attempts to be exact and complete.  The
semantics of non-essential built-in object types and of the built-in
functions and modules are described in the \emph{Python Library
Reference}.  For an informal introduction to the language, see the
\emph{Python Tutorial}.  For \C{} or \Cpp{} programmers, two additional
manuals exist: \emph{Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter}
describes the high-level picture of how to write a Python extension
module, and the \emph{Python/C API Reference Manual} describes the
interfaces available to C/C++ programmers in detail.

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\input{ref8}		% Top-level components

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