Core Python Programming (2nd Edition)

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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