Index[SYMBOL] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] MacOS X 2nd 3rd macros (for reference counting) mail user agent (MUA) main( ) maintainability makefiles mangled names [See name-mangling.] map( ) built-in function 2nd 3rd 4th 5th mapping types access model category built-in functions/factory functions built-in methods dictionaries keys for operators for related functions special methods for customizing classes marshal module "Mash-ups," match objects match( ) re module function 2nd matching [See also regular expressions (REs).] any single character ( . ) 2nd beginning/end of strings closure operators "greedy" operators grouping 2nd more than one pattern, with alternation ( | ) more than one string multiple occurrence/repetition using closure operators negation ( ^ ) parentheses ( ( ) ) ranges ( - ), denoting re module regular expressions repetition 2nd searching vs. 2nd 3rd special characters/symbols 2nd 3rd strings 2nd 3rd 4th word boundaries mathematical operators 2nd matrix iteration max( ) built-in function 2nd 3rd 4th membership ( in, not in ) operators dictionaries for loops lists sequences 2nd set types 2nd strings tuples memory management dynamic typing garbage collection interpreter performing memory allocation reference counting 2nd 3rd 4th variables declarations Menu widget (Tk) message transport agent (MTA) 2nd 3rd message transport system (MTS) Message widget (Tk) metacharacters __metaclass__ metaclasses method descriptors method resolution order (MRO) 2nd methods about arguments binding 2nd callable objects class connection objects decorators file object 2nd for new-style classes for re module group(s) invoking 2nd naming overriding, via inheritance privacy static strings methods (built-in) attributes dictionaries 2nd 3rd 4th 5th files lists 2nd 3rd mapping types sequences 2nd set types 2nd strings 2nd 3rd tuples methods (special) (for customizing classes) any number of terms iterator example iterators multi-type example numeric customization (Time62) example Random Sequence iterator example RoundFloat2 simple example special 2nd tables of 2nd methods (special) (new-style classes) methods (user-defined) (UDMs) Microsoft Office Excel 2nd Outlook PowerPoint programming, with Win32 COM Word MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension) headers 2nd min( ) built-in function 2nd 3rd 4th mix-in classes mixed mode operations 2nd 3rd modeling (OOD) Module Methods [ ] array __module__ attribute 2nd 3rd 4th modulefinder modules [See also importing modules.] __builtins__ vs. __builtin__ __future__ about 2nd accessing module variables and files auto-loaded built-in functions calling case-insensitive import cProfile debugging developer tools "executed" when loaded executing as scripts executing on import extended import statement (as) hotshot import cycles importing vs. loading logging multi-line import names imported into importer's scope namespaces 2nd new import hooks numeric types packages pdb persistent storage preventing attribute import profile search path/path search separating sequence types source code encoding standard library 2nd strings structure/layout for subprocess warning framework Web server modulus operator MRO [See method resolution order (MRO).] MTA [See message transport agent (MTA).] MTS (message transport system) MUA [See mail user agent (MUA).] multi-line import multi-platform development 2nd 3rd multi-type customization example multipart form submission multiple assignment multiple inheritance multiplication ( * ) operator Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension headers [See MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension) headers.] multithreaded programming (MT) about accessing threads examples exiting threads extensions to Python global interpreter lock 2nd processes related modules thread module 2nd threading module 2nd 3rd threads 2nd 3rd "multuple" assignment mutable hash tables mutable objects 2nd 3rd 4th 5th mutable sets 2nd 3rd 4th mutable types, subclassing mutex module MySQL 2nd 3rd |