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backslash (\\\\) 2nd 3rd
backups
     versioning filenames
backwards compatibility
     classic classes for new code development
     inheritance in Python
bag (multiset)
basestring type
Berkeley database (Berkeley DB), persisting data with
Berkeley DB (Berkeley database), persisting data with
big-O analysis and notation
binary data, sending to Windows standard output
binary files
     randomly reading bytes from
     sequentially reading bytes from 2nd
binary large objects [See BLOBs]
binary mode versus text mode (files)
binary search algorithm
binary strings, formatting integers as
binding attributes of instance objects
bisect (binary search)
bisect_right function
bits, printing integer as string of
BLOBs (binary large objects)
    storing in
         MySQL
         PostgreSQL
         SQLite
Borg class
     avoiding Singleton Design Pattern with
Borg design nonpattern, alternative to
bound methods
     held by objects, pickling
     maintaining references to without inhibiting garbage collection
     weak references to
bounded precision
bsddb package
bsddb3 package
building
     C extensions
         with Pyrex
     classes via metaclasses
     dictionaries
     empty class instance
     list comprehensions
     lists 2nd 3rd
     modules, tools for
built-in type, inheriting
__builtin__ module
bytecodes, multiple
bytes, as distinguished from characters
     CRC-64 computation on stream of
     extracting from strings
     randomly reading from binary file
     sequentially reading from binary file
     sequentially reading from binary files
bytestrings