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daemon threads
"dangling else", avoiding 2nd
data attributes [See attribute(s).]
data descriptors
data hiding
data structures
database programming [See also DB-API (Python Database Application Programmer's Interface).]
     about
     adapter examples
     components of databases
     Gadfly 2nd
     MySQL 2nd 3rd
     operations/SQL
     ORMs 2nd
     persistent storage
     PostgreSQL adapter example
     Python interfaces for relational databases
     related modules
     SQL 2nd
     SQLAlchemy 2nd 3rd
     SQLite
     SQLObject 2nd 3rd
     storage mechanisms
     supported
     Unicode
database servers
datagrams 2nd
DB-API (Python Database Application Programmer's Interface)
     about
     apilevel
     changes in versions of
     connect( )
     connection objects
     cursor objects
     exceptions
     function attributes
     layers in
     module attributes
     paramstyle 2nd
     thread safety
     type objects and constructors
DBM-style modules
debugging 2nd 3rd 4th
decimal floating point numbers
decode( ) built-in method 2nd
decorators 2nd 3rd
deep copy
def keyword (statement) 2nd 3rd
default arguments [See arguments (default).]
del statement 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
__del__( ) method 2nd
delattr( ) built-in function 2nd
delegation
__delete__( ) special method 2nd
derivation 2nd
descriptors
destructor (class)
developer tools
diamond shape inheritance hierarchy
dict( ) factory function
__dict__ attribute
     __slots__ attribute vs.
     built-in types
     class attributes
     instance attributes
     modifying
     vars( )
dictionaries
     accessing values in
     and hash tables
     as mapping type
     as Python feature
     assigning
     built-in functions 2nd 3rd
     built-in methods 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
     cmp( )
     comparing
     copy( )
     creating 2nd
     dict( )
     exact match of
     fromkeys( ) 2nd
     functions for
     hash( ) 2nd
     items( ) 2nd
     iteration
     key-lookup operator ( [ ] )
     keys 2nd
     keyword variable arguments
     len( ) 2nd
     login/password programming example
     membership operator
     operators for
     related functions
     removing elements of/dictionaries
     setdefault( )
     sorted( )
     str( )
     type( )
     updating
     values( ) 2nd
difference ( - ) operator
difference update ( -= ) operator
dir( ) built-in function
     built-in types
     class attributes 2nd
     classes 2nd
     instance attributes
     instances
     lists
     local variables
     modules
     objects
direct access model type
directory structure
discard( ) method 2nd 3rd
disk files
dispatch, static vs. dynamic
distutils package
division operators 2nd 3rd
divmod( ) built-in function 2nd
__doc__ attribute 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
document "doc" strings
documentation
     classes
     extended import
     extensions to Python
     file-access related modules
     FTP
     generator expressions 2nd
     GUI programming
     list comprehensions
     method resolution order
     module 2nd
     NNTP
     OOP
     Python
     set types
     SMTP
     style guidelines for
dollar sign symbol ($) 2nd
DOS window 2nd
dot symbol ( . ) 2nd
double precision floating point numbers
double quotation mark ( " )
double type
double underscore ( __ ) attributes
downloading
     IMAP
     POP3
     protocols for
     Python 2nd 3rd
     SMTP
     Yahoo! stock quote data
dropping (dropped) databases 2nd
dumbdbm module
dummy functions
dump( ) function
dynamic dispatch
dynamic typing