diff -r ffa851df0825 -r 2fb8b9db1c86 symbian-qemu-0.9.1-12/python-2.6.1/Doc/library/index.rst --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/symbian-qemu-0.9.1-12/python-2.6.1/Doc/library/index.rst Fri Jul 31 15:01:17 2009 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +.. _library-index: + +############################### + The Python Standard Library +############################### + +:Release: |version| +:Date: |today| + +While :ref:`reference-index` describes the exact syntax and +semantics of the Python language, this library reference manual +describes the standard library that is distributed with Python. It also +describes some of the optional components that are commonly included +in Python distributions. + +Python's standard library is very extensive, offering a wide range of +facilities as indicated by the long table of contents listed below. The +library contains built-in modules (written in C) that provide access to +system functionality such as file I/O that would otherwise be +inaccessible to Python programmers, as well as modules written in Python +that provide standardized solutions for many problems that occur in +everyday programming. Some of these modules are explicitly designed to +encourage and enhance the portability of Python programs by abstracting +away platform-specifics into platform-neutral APIs. + +The Python installers for the Windows platform usually includes +the entire standard library and often also include many additional +components. For Unix-like operating systems Python is normally provided +as a collection of packages, so it may be necessary to use the packaging +tools provided with the operating system to obtain some or all of the +optional components. + +In addition to the standard library, there is a growing collection of +several thousand components (from individual programs and modules to +packages and entire application development frameworks), available from +the `Python Package Index `_. + + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + + intro.rst + functions.rst + constants.rst + objects.rst + stdtypes.rst + exceptions.rst + + strings.rst + datatypes.rst + numeric.rst + filesys.rst + persistence.rst + archiving.rst + fileformats.rst + crypto.rst + allos.rst + someos.rst + ipc.rst + netdata.rst + markup.rst + internet.rst + mm.rst + i18n.rst + frameworks.rst + tk.rst + development.rst + debug.rst + python.rst + custominterp.rst + restricted.rst + modules.rst + language.rst + compiler.rst + misc.rst + windows.rst + unix.rst + mac.rst + macosa.rst + sgi.rst + sun.rst + undoc.rst