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| 2 | .. _datatypes: |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ********** |
| 5 | Data Types |
| 6 | ********** |
| 7 | |
| 8 | The modules described in this chapter provide a variety of specialized data |
| 9 | types such as dates and times, fixed-type arrays, heap queues, synchronized |
| 10 | queues, and sets. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Python also provides some built-in data types, in particular, |
| 13 | :class:`dict`, :class:`list`, :class:`set` and :class:`frozenset`, and |
| 14 | :class:`tuple`. The :class:`str` class can be used to handle binary data |
| 15 | and 8-bit text, and the :class:`unicode` class to handle Unicode text. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | The following modules are documented in this chapter: |
| 18 | |
| 19 | |
| 20 | .. toctree:: |
| 21 | |
| 22 | datetime.rst |
| 23 | calendar.rst |
| 24 | collections.rst |
| 25 | heapq.rst |
| 26 | bisect.rst |
| 27 | array.rst |
| 28 | sched.rst |
| 29 | mutex.rst |
| 30 | queue.rst |
| 31 | weakref.rst |
| 32 | userdict.rst |
| 33 | types.rst |
| 34 | new.rst |
| 35 | copy.rst |
| 36 | pprint.rst |
| 37 | repr.rst |