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14 encoding\n\n The encoding that this file uses. When Unicode strings are written\n to a file, they will be converted to byte strings using this\n encoding. In addition, when the file is connected to a terminal,\n the attribute gives the encoding that the terminal is likely to use\n (that information might be incorrect if the user has misconfigured\n the terminal). The attribute is read-only and may not be present\n on all file-like objects. It may also be "None", in which case the\n file uses the system default encoding for converting Unicode\n strings.\n\n New in version 2.3.\n\nfile.errors\n\n The Unicode error handler used along with the encoding.\n\n New in version 2.6.\n\nfile.mode\n\n The I/O mode for the file. If the file was created using the\n "open()" built-in function, this will be the value of the *mode*\n parameter. This is a read-only attribute and may not be present on\n all file-like objects.\n\nfile.name\n\n If the file object was created using "open()", the name of the\n file. Otherwise, some string that indicates the source of the file\n object, of the form "<...>". This is a read-only attribute and may\n not be present on all file-like objects.\n\nfile.newlines\n\n If Python was built with *universal newlines* enabled (the default)\n this read-only attribute exists, and for files opened in universal\n newline read mode it keeps track of the types of newlines\n encountered while reading the file. The values it can take are\n "\'\\r\'", "\'\\n\'", "\'\\r\\n\'", "None" (unknown, no newlines read yet) or\n a tuple containing all the newline types seen, to indicate that\n multiple newline conventions were encountered. For files not opened\n in universal newlines read mode the value of this attribute will be\n "None".\n\nfile.softspace\n\n Boolean that indicates whether a space character needs to be\n printed before another value when using the "print" statement.\n Classes that are trying to simulate a file object should also have\n a writable "softspace" attribute, which should be initialized to\n zero. This will be automatic for most classes implemented in\n Python (care may be needed for objects that override attribute\n access); types implemented in C will have to provide a writable\n "softspace" attribute.\n\n Note: This attribute is not used to control the "print"\n statement, but to allow the implementation of "print" to keep\n track of its internal state.\n',
27 'customization': u'\nBasic customization\n*******************\n\nobject.__new__(cls[, ...])\n\n Called to create a new instance of class *cls*. "__new__()" is a\n static method (special-cased so you need not declare it as such)\n that takes the class of which an instance was requested as its\n first argument. The remaining arguments are those passed to the\n object constructor expression (the call to the class). The return\n value of "__new__()" should be the new object instance (usually an\n instance of *cls*).\n\n Typical implementations create a new instance of the class by\n invoking the superclass\'s "__new__()" method using\n "super(currentclass, cls).__new__(cls[, ...])" with appropriate\n arguments and then modifying the newly-created instance as\n necessary before returning it.\n\n If "__new__()" returns an instance of *cls*, then the new\n instance\'s "__init__()" method will be invoked like\n "__init__(self[, ...])", where *self* is the new instance and the\n remaining arguments are the same as were passed to "__new__()".\n\n If "__new__()" does not return an instance of *cls*, then the new\n instance\'s "__init__()" method will not be invoked.\n\n "__new__()" is intended mainly to allow subclasses of immutable\n types (like int, str, or tuple) to customize instance creation. It\n is also commonly overridden in custom metaclasses in order to\n customize class creation.\n\nobject.__init__(self[, ...])\n\n Called after the instance has been created (by "__new__()"), but\n before it is returned to the caller. The arguments are those\n passed to the class constructor expression. If a base class has an\n "__init__()" method, the derived class\'s "__init__()" method, if\n any, must explicitly call it to ensure proper initialization of the\n base class part of the instance; for example:\n "BaseClass.__init__(self, [args...])".\n\n Because "__new__()" and "__init__()" work together in constructing\n objects ("__new__()" to create it, and "__init__()" to customise\n it), no non-"None" value may be returned by "__init__()"; doing so\n will cause a "TypeError" to be raised at runtime.\n\nobject.__del__(self)\n\n Called when the instance is about to be destroyed. This is also\n called a destructor. If a base class has a "__del__()" method, the\n derived class\'s "__del__()" method, if any, must explicitly call it\n to ensure proper deletion of the base class part of the instance.\n Note that it is possible (though not recommended!) for the\n "__del__()" method to postpone destruction of the instance by\n creating a new reference to it. It may then be called at a later\n time when this new reference is deleted. It is not guaranteed that\n "__del__()" methods are called for objects that still exist when\n the interpreter exits.\n\n Note: "del x" doesn\'t directly call "x.__del__()" --- the former\n decrements the reference count for "x" by one, and the latter is\n only called when "x"\'s reference count reaches zero. Some common\n situations that may prevent the reference count of an object from\n going to zero include: circular references between objects (e.g.,\n a doubly-linked list or a tree data structure with parent and\n child pointers); a reference to the object on the stack frame of\n a function that caught an exception (the traceback stored in\n "sys.exc_traceback" keeps the stack frame alive); or a reference\n to the object on the stack frame that raised an unhandled\n exception in interactive mode (the traceback stored in\n "sys.last_traceback" keeps the stack frame alive). The first\n situation can only be remedied by explicitly breaking the cycles;\n the latter two situations can be resolved by storing "None" in\n "sys.exc_traceback" or "sys.last_traceback". Circular references\n which are garbage are detected when the option cycle detector is\n enabled (it\'s on by default), but can only be cleaned up if there\n are no Python-level "__del__()" methods involved. Refer to the\n documentation for the "gc" module for more information about how\n "__del__()" methods are handled by the cycle detector,\n particularly the description of the "garbage" value.\n\n Warning: Due to the precarious circumstances under which\n "__del__()" methods are invoked, exceptions that occur during\n their execution are ignored, and a warning is printed to\n "sys.stderr" instead. Also, when "__del__()" is invoked in\n response to a module being deleted (e.g., when execution of the\n program is done), other globals referenced by the "__del__()"\n method may already have been deleted or in the process of being\n torn down (e.g. the import machinery shutting down). For this\n reason, "__del__()" methods should do the absolute minimum needed\n to maintain external invariants. Starting with version 1.5,\n Python guarantees that globals whose name begins with a single\n underscore are deleted from their module before other globals are\n deleted; if no other references to such globals exist, this may\n help in assuring that imported modules are still available at the\n time when the "__del__()" method is called.\n\n See also the "-R" command-line option.\n\nobject.__repr__(self)\n\n Called by the "repr()" built-in function and by string conversions\n (reverse quotes) to compute the "official" string representation of\n an object. If at all possible, this should look like a valid\n Python expression that could be used to recreate an object with the\n same value (given an appropriate environment). If this is not\n possible, a string of the form "<...some useful description...>"\n should be returned. The return value must be a string object. If a\n class defines "__repr__()" but not "__str__()", then "__repr__()"\n is also used when an "informal" string representation of instances\n of that class is required.\n\n This is typically used for debugging, so it is important that the\n representation is information-rich and unambiguous.\n\nobject.__str__(self)\n\n Called by the "str()" built-in function and by the "print"\n statement to compute the "informal" string representation of an\n object. This differs from "__repr__()" in that it does not have to\n be a valid Python expression: a more convenient or concise\n representation may be used instead. The return value must be a\n string object.\n\nobject.__lt__(self, other)\nobject.__le__(self, other)\nobject.__eq__(self, other)\nobject.__ne__(self, other)\nobject.__gt__(self, other)\nobject.__ge__(self, other)\n\n New in version 2.1.\n\n These are the so-called "rich comparison" methods, and are called\n for comparison operators in preference to "__cmp__()" below. The\n correspondence between operator symbols and method names is as\n follows: "x<y" calls "x.__lt__(y)", "x<=y" calls "x.__le__(y)",\n "x==y" calls "x.__eq__(y)", "x!=y" and "x<>y" call "x.__ne__(y)",\n "x>y" calls "x.__gt__(y)", and "x>=y" calls "x.__ge__(y)".\n\n A rich comparison method may return the singleton "NotImplemented"\n if it does not implement the operation for a given pair of\n arguments. By convention, "False" and "True" are returned for a\n successful comparison. However, these methods can return any value,\n so if the comparison operator is used in a Boolean context (e.g.,\n in the condition of an "if" statement), Python will call "bool()"\n on the value to determine if the result is true or false.\n\n There are no implied relationships among the comparison operators.\n The truth of "x==y" does not imply that "x!=y" is false.\n Accordingly, when defining "__eq__()", one should also define\n "__ne__()" so that the operators will behave as expected. See the\n paragraph on "__hash__()" for some important notes on creating\n *hashable* objects which support custom comparison operations and\n are usable as dictionary keys.\n\n There are no swapped-argument versions of these methods (to be used\n when the left argument does not support the operation but the right\n argument does); rather, "__lt__()" and "__gt__()" are each other\'s\n reflection, "__le__()" and "__ge__()" are each other\'s reflection,\n and "__eq__()" and "__ne__()" are their own reflection.\n\n Arguments to rich comparison methods are never coerced.\n\n To automatically generate ordering operations from a single root\n operation, see "functools.total_ordering()".\n\nobject.__cmp__(self, other)\n\n Called by comparison operations if rich comparison (see above) is\n not defined. Should return a negative integer if "self < other",\n zero if "self == other", a positive integer if "self > other". If\n no "__cmp__()", "__eq__()" or "__ne__()" operation is defined,\n class instances are compared by object identity ("address"). See\n also the description of "__hash__()" for some important notes on\n creating *hashable* objects which support custom comparison\n operations and are usable as dictionary keys. (Note: the\n restriction that exceptions are not propagated by "__cmp__()" has\n been removed since Python 1.5.)\n\nobject.__rcmp__(self, other)\n\n Changed in version 2.1: No longer supported.\n\nobject.__hash__(self)\n\n Called by built-in function "hash()" and for operations on members\n of hashed collections including "set", "frozenset", and "dict".\n "__hash__()" should return an integer. The only required property\n is that objects which compare equal have the same hash value; it is\n advised to somehow mix together (e.g. using exclusive or) the hash\n values for the components of the object that also play a part in\n comparison of objects.\n\n If a class does not define a "__cmp__()" or "__eq__()" method it\n should not define a "__hash__()" operation either; if it defines\n "__cmp__()" or "__eq__()" but not "__hash__()", its instances will\n not be usable in hashed collections. If a class defines mutable\n objects and implements a "__cmp__()" or "__eq__()" method, it\n should not implement "__hash__()", since hashable collection\n implementations require that an object\'s hash value is immutable\n (if the object\'s hash value changes, it will be in the wrong hash\n bucket).\n\n User-defined classes have "__cmp__()" and "__hash__()" methods by\n default; with them, all objects compare unequal (except with\n themselves) and "x.__hash__()" returns a result derived from\n "id(x)".\n\n Classes which inherit a "__hash__()" method from a parent class but\n change the meaning of "__cmp__()" or "__eq__()" such that the hash\n value returned is no longer appropriate (e.g. by switching to a\n value-based concept of equality instead of the default identity\n based equality) can explicitly flag themselves as being unhashable\n by setting "__hash__ = None" in the class definition. Doing so\n means that not only will instances of the class raise an\n appropriate "TypeError" when a program attempts to retrieve their\n hash value, but they will also be correctly identified as\n unhashable when checking "isinstance(obj, collections.Hashable)"\n (unlike classes which define their own "__hash__()" to explicitly\n raise "TypeError").\n\n Changed in version 2.5: "__hash__()" may now also return a long\n integer object; the 32-bit integer is then derived from the hash of\n that object.\n\n Changed in version 2.6: "__hash__" may now be set to "None" to\n explicitly flag instances of a class as unhashable.\n\nobject.__nonzero__(self)\n\n Called to implement truth value testing and the built-in operation\n "bool()"; should return "False" or "True", or their integer\n equivalents "0" or "1". When this method is not defined,\n "__len__()" is called, if it is defined, and the object is\n considered true if its result is nonzero. If a class defines\n neither "__len__()" nor "__nonzero__()", all its instances are\n considered true.\n\nobject.__unicode__(self)\n\n Called to implement "unicode()" built-in; should return a Unicode\n object. When this method is not defined, string conversion is\n attempted, and the result of string conversion is converted to\n Unicode using the system default encoding.\n',
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66 'string-methods': u'\nString Methods\n**************\n\nBelow are listed the string methods which both 8-bit strings and\nUnicode objects support. Some of them are also available on\n"bytearray" objects.\n\nIn addition, Python\'s strings support the sequence type methods\ndescribed in the Sequence Types --- str, unicode, list, tuple,\nbytearray, buffer, xrange section. To output formatted strings use\ntemplate strings or the "%" operator described in the String\nFormatting Operations section. Also, see the "re" module for string\nfunctions based on regular expressions.\n\nstr.capitalize()\n\n Return a copy of the string with its first character capitalized\n and the rest lowercased.\n\n For 8-bit strings, this method is locale-dependent.\n\nstr.center(width[, fillchar])\n\n Return centered in a string of length *width*. Padding is done\n using the specified *fillchar* (default is a space).\n\n Changed in version 2.4: Support for the *fillchar* argument.\n\nstr.count(sub[, start[, end]])\n\n Return the number of non-overlapping occurrences of substring *sub*\n in the range [*start*, *end*]. Optional arguments *start* and\n *end* are interpreted as in slice notation.\n\nstr.decode([encoding[, errors]])\n\n Decodes the string using the codec registered for *encoding*.\n *encoding* defaults to the default string encoding. *errors* may\n be given to set a different error handling scheme. The default is\n "\'strict\'", meaning that encoding errors raise "UnicodeError".\n Other possible values are "\'ignore\'", "\'replace\'" and any other\n name registered via "codecs.register_error()", see section Codec\n Base Classes.\n\n New in version 2.2.\n\n Changed in version 2.3: Support for other error handling schemes\n added.\n\n Changed in version 2.7: Support for keyword arguments added.\n\nstr.encode([encoding[, errors]])\n\n Return an encoded version of the string. Default encoding is the\n current default string encoding. *errors* may be given to set a\n different error handling scheme. The default for *errors* is\n "\'strict\'", meaning that encoding "None". Unmapped characters\n are left untouched. Characters mapped to "None" are deleted. Note,\n a more flexible approach is to create a custom character mapping\n codec using the "codecs" module (see "encodings.cp1251" for an\n example).\n\nstr.upper()\n\n Return a copy of the string with all the cased characters [4]\n converted to uppercase. Note that "str.upper().isupper()" might be\n "False" if "s" contains uncased characters or if the Unicode\n category of the resulting character(s) is not "Lu" (Letter,\n uppercase), but e.g. "Lt" (Letter, titlecase).\n\n For 8-bit strings, this method is locale-dependent.\n\nstr.zfill(width)\n\n Return the numeric string left filled with zeros in a string of\n length *width*. A sign prefix is handled correctly. The original\n string is returned if *width* is less than or equal to "len(s)".\n\n New in version 2.2.2.\n\nThe following methods are present only on unicode objects:\n\nunicode.isnumeric()\n\n Return "True" if there are only numeric characters in S, "False"\n otherwise. Numeric characters include digit characters, and all\n characters that have the Unicode numeric value property, e.g.\n U+2155, VULGAR FRACTION ONE FIFTH.\n\nunicode.isdecimal()\n\n Return "True" if there are only decimal characters in S, "False"\n otherwise. Decimal characters include digit characters, and all\n characters that can be used to form decimal-radix numbers, e.g.\n U+0660, ARABIC-INDIC DIGIT ZERO.\n',
67 'strings': u'\nString literals\n***************\n\nString literals are described by the following lexical definitions:\n\n stringliteral ::= [stringprefix](shortstring | longstring)\n stringprefix ::= "r" | "u" | "ur" | "R" | "U" | "UR" | "Ur" | "uR"\n | "b" | "B" | "br" | "Br" | "bR" | "BR"\n shortstring ::= "\'" shortstringitem* "\'" | \'"\' shortstringitem* \'"\'\n longstring ::= "\'\'\'" longstringitem* "\'\'\'"\n | \'"""\' longstringitem* \'"""\'\n shortstringitem ::= shortstringchar | escapeseq\n longstringitem ::= longstringchar | escapeseq\n shortstringchar ::= <any source character except "\\" or newline or the quote>\n longstringchar ::= <any source character except "\\">\n escapeseq ::= "\\" <any ASCII character>\n\nOne syntactic restriction not indicated by these productions is that\nwhitespace is not allowed between the "stringprefix" and the rest of\nthe string literal. The source character set is defined by the\nencoding declaration; it is ASCII if no encoding declaration is given\nin the source file; see section Encoding declarations.\n\nIn plain English: String literals can be enclosed in matching single\nquotes ("\'") or double quotes ("""). They can also be enclosed in\nmatching groups of three single or double quotes (these are generally\nreferred to as *triple-quoted strings*). The backslash ("\\")\ncharacter is used to escape characters that otherwise have a special\nmeaning, such as newline, backslash itself, or the quote character.\nString literals may optionally be prefixed with a letter "\'r\'" or\n"\'R\'"; such strings are called *raw strings* and use different rules\nfor interpreting backslash escape sequences. A prefix of "\'u\'" or\n"\'U\'" makes the string a Unicode string. Unicode strings use the\nUnicode character set as defined by the Unicode Consortium and ISO\n10646. Some additional escape sequences, described below, are\navailable in Unicode strings. A prefix of "\'b\'" or "\'B\'" is ignored in\nPython 2; it indicates that the literal should become a bytes literal\nin Python 3 (e.g. when code is automatically converted with 2to3). A\n"\'u\'" or "\'b\'" prefix may be followed by an "\'r\'" prefix.\n\nIn triple-quoted strings, unescaped newlines and quotes are allowed\n(and are retained), except that three unescaped quotes in a row\nterminate the string. (A "quote" is the character used to open the\nstring, i.e. either "\'" or """.)\n\nUnless an "\'r\'" or "\'R\'" prefix is present, escape sequences in\nstrings are interpreted according to rules similar to those used by\nStandard C. The recognized escape sequences are:\n\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n| Escape Sequence | Meaning | Notes |\n+===================+===================================+=========+\n| "\\newline" | Ignored | |\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n| "\\\\" | Backslash ("\\") | |\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n| "\\\'" | Single quote ("\'") | |\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n| "\\"" | Double quote (""") | |\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n| "\\a" | ASCII Bell (BEL) | |\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n| "\\b" | ASCII Backspace (BS) | |\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n| "\\f" | ASCII Formfeed (FF) | |\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n| "\\n" | ASCII Linefeed (LF) | |\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n| "\\N{name}" | Character named *name* in the | |\n| | Unicode database (Unicode only) | |\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n| "\\r" | ASCII Carriage Return (CR) | |\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n| "\\t" | ASCII Horizontal Tab (TAB) | |\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n| "\\uxxxx" | Character with 16-bit hex value | (1) |\n| | *xxxx* (Unicode only) | |\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n| "\\Uxxxxxxxx" | Character with 32-bit hex value | (2) |\n| | *xxxxxxxx* (Unicode only) | |\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n| "\\v" | ASCII Vertical Tab (VT) | |\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n| "\\ooo" | Character with octal value *ooo* | (3,5) |\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n| "\\xhh" | Character with hex value *hh* | (4,5) |\n+-------------------+-----------------------------------+---------+\n\nNotes:\n\n1. Individual code units which form parts of a surrogate pair can\n be encoded using this escape sequence.\n\n2. Any Unicode character can be encoded this way, but characters\n outside the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP) will be encoded using a\n surrogate pair if Python is compiled to use 16-bit code units (the\n default).\n\n3. As in Standard C, up to three octal digits are accepted.\n\n4. Unlike in Standard C, exactly two hex digits are required.\n\n5. In a string literal, hexadecimal and octal escapes denote the\n byte with the given value; it is not necessary that the byte\n encodes a character in the source character set. In a Unicode\n literal, these escapes denote a Unicode character with the given\n value.\n\nUnlike Standard C, all unrecognized escape sequences are left in the\nstring unchanged, i.e., *the backslash is left in the string*. (This\nbehavior is useful when debugging: if an escape sequence is mistyped,\nthe resulting output is more easily recognized as broken.) It is also\nimportant to note that the escape sequences marked as "(Unicode only)"\nin the table above fall into the category of unrecognized escapes for\nnon-Unicode string literals.\n\nWhen an "\'r\'" or "\'R\'" prefix is present, a character following a\nbackslash is included in the string without change, and *all\nbackslashes are left in the string*. For example, the string literal\n"r"\\n"" consists of two characters: a backslash and a lowercase "\'n\'".\nString quotes can be escaped with a backslash, but the backslash\nremains in the string; for example, "r"\\""" is a valid string literal\nconsisting of two characters: a backslash and a double quote; "r"\\""\nis not a valid string literal (even a raw string cannot end in an odd\nnumber of backslashes). Specifically, *a raw string cannot end in a\nsingle backslash* (since the backslash would escape the following\nquote character). Note also that a single backslash followed by a\nnewline is interpreted as those two characters as part of the string,\n*not* as a line continuation.\n\nWhen an "\'r\'" or "\'R\'" prefix is used in conjunction with a "\'u\'" or\n"\'U\'" prefix, then the "\\uXXXX" and "\\UXXXXXXXX" escape sequences are\nprocessed while *all other backslashes are left in the string*. For\nexample, the string literal "ur"\\u0062\\n"" consists of three Unicode\ncharacters: \'LATIN SMALL LETTER B\', \'REVERSE SOLIDUS\', and \'LATIN\nSMALL LETTER N\'. Backslashes can be escaped with a preceding\nbackslash; however, both remain in the string. As a result, "\\uXXXX"\nescape sequences are only recognized when there are an odd number of\nbackslashes.\n',
71 encoding the mapping from bytecode\n offsets to line numbers (for details see the source code of the\n interpreter); "co_stacksize" is the required stack size\n (including local variables); "co_flags" is an integer encoding a\n number of flags for the interpreter.\n\n The following flag bits are defined for "co_flags": bit "0x04"\n is set if the function uses the "*arguments" syntax to accept an\n arbitrary number of positional arguments; bit "0x08" is set if\n the function uses the "**keywords" syntax to accept arbitrary\n keyword arguments; bit "0x20" is set if the function is a\n generator.\n\n Future feature declarations ("from __future__ import division")\n also use bits in "co_flags" to indicate whether a code object\n was compiled with a particular feature enabled: bit "0x2000" is\n set if the function was compiled with future division enabled;\n bits "0x10" and "0x1000" were used in earlier versions of\n Python.\n\n Other bits in "co_flags" are reserved for internal use.\n\n If a code object represents a function, the first item in\n "co_consts" is the documentation string of the function, or\n "None" if undefined.\n\n Frame objects\n Frame objects represent execution frames. They may occur in\n traceback objects (see below).\n\n Special read-only attributes: "f_back" is to the previous stack\n frame (towards the caller), or "None" if this is the bottom\n stack frame; "f_code" is the code object being executed in this\n frame; "f_locals" is the dictionary used to look up local\n variables; "f_globals" is used for global variables;\n "f_builtins" is used for built-in (intrinsic) names;\n "f_restricted" is a flag indicating whether the function is\n executing in restricted execution mode; "f_lasti" gives the\n precise instruction (this is an index into the bytecode string\n of the code object).\n\n Special writable attributes: "f_trace", if not "None", is a\n function called at the start of each source code line (this is\n used by the debugger); "f_exc_type", "f_exc_value",\n "f_exc_traceback" represent the last exception raised in the\n parent frame provided another exception was ever raised in the\n current frame (in all other cases they are "None"); "f_lineno"\n is the current line number of the frame --- writing to this from\n within a trace function jumps to the given line (only for the\n bottom-most frame). A debugger can implement a Jump command\n (aka Set Next Statement) by writing to f_lineno.\n\n Traceback objects\n Traceback objects represent a stack trace of an exception. A\n traceback object is created when an exception occurs. When the\n search for an exception handler unwinds the execution stack, at\n each unwound level a traceback object is inserted in front of\n the current traceback. When an exception handler is entered,\n the stack trace is made available to the program. (See section\n The try statement.) It is accessible as "sys.exc_traceback", and\n also as the third item of the tuple returned by\n "sys.exc_info()". The latter is the preferred interface, since\n it works correctly when the program is using multiple threads.\n When the program contains no suitable handler, the stack trace\n is written (nicely formatted) to the standard error stream; if\n the interpreter is interactive, it is also made available to the\n user as "sys.last_traceback".\n\n Special read-only attributes: "tb_next" is the next level in the\n stack trace (towards the frame where the exception occurred), or\n "None" if there is no next level; "tb_frame" points to the\n execution frame of the current level; "tb_lineno" gives the line\n number where the exception occurred; "tb_lasti" indicates the\n precise instruction. The line number and last instruction in\n the traceback may differ from the line number of its frame\n object if the exception occurred in a "try" statement with no\n matching except clause or with a finally clause.\n\n Slice objects\n Slice objects are used to represent slices when *extended slice\n syntax* is used. This is a slice using two colons, or multiple\n slices or ellipses separated by commas, e.g., "a[i:j:step]",\n "a[i:j, k:l]", or "a[..., i:j]". They are also created by the\n built-in "slice()" function.\n\n Special read-only attributes: "start" is the lower bound; "stop"\n is the upper bound; "step" is the step value; each is "None" if\n omitted. These attributes can have any type.\n\n Slice objects support one method:\n\n slice.indices(self, length)\n\n This method takes a single integer argument *length* and\n computes information about the extended slice that the slice\n object would describe if applied to a sequence of *length*\n items. It returns a tuple of three integers; respectively\n these are the *start* and *stop* indices and the *step* or\n stride length of the slice. Missing or out-of-bounds indices\n are handled in a manner consistent with regular slices.\n\n New in version 2.3.\n\n Static method objects\n Static method objects provide a way of defeating the\n transformation of function objects to method objects described\n above. A static method object is a wrapper around any other\n object, usually a user-defined method object. When a static\n method object is retrieved from a class or a class instance, the\n object actually returned is the wrapped object, which is not\n subject to any further transformation. Static method objects are\n not themselves callable, although the objects they wrap usually\n are. Static method objects are created by the built-in\n "staticmethod()" constructor.\n\n Class method objects\n A class method object, like a static method object, is a wrapper\n around another object that alters the way in which that object\n is retrieved from classes and class instances. The behaviour of\n class method objects upon such retrieval is described above,\n under "User-defined methods". Class method objects are created\n by the built-in "classmethod()" constructor.\n',
76 encoding[, errors]])\n\n Decodes the string using the codec registered for *encoding*.\n *encoding* defaults to the default string encoding. *errors* may\n be given to set a different error handling scheme. The default is\n "\'strict\'", meaning that encoding errors raise "UnicodeError".\n Other possible values are "\'ignore\'", "\'replace\'" and any other\n name registered via "codecs.register_error()", see section Codec\n Base Classes.\n\n New in version 2.2.\n\n Changed in version 2.3: Support for other error handling schemes\n added.\n\n Changed in version 2.7: Support for keyword arguments added.\n\nstr.encode([encoding[, errors]])\n\n Return an encoded version of the string. Default encoding is the\n current default string encoding. *errors* may be given to set a\n different error handling scheme. The default for *errors* is\n "\'strict\'", meaning that encodinghod, the list length is added, as for slice indices.\n If it is still negative, it is truncated to zero, as for slice\n indices.\n\n Changed in version 2.3: Previously, "index()" didn\'t have arguments\n for specifying start and stop positions.\n\n5. When a negative index is passed as the first parameter to the\n "insert()" method, the list length is added, as for slice indices.\n If it is still negative, it is truncated to zero, as for slice\n indices.\n\n Changed in version 2.3: Previously, all negative indices were\n truncated to zero.\n\n6. The "pop()" method\'s optional argument *i* defaults to "-1", so\n that by default the last item is removed and returned.\n\n7. The "sort()" and "reverse()" methods modify the list in place\n for economy of space when sorting or reversing a large list. To\n remind you that they operate by side effect, they don\'t return the\n sorted or reversed list.\n\n8. The "sort()" method takes optional arguments for controlling the\n comparisons.\n\n *cmp* specifies a custom comparison function of two arguments (list\n items) which should return a negative, zero or positive number\n depending on whether the first argument is considered smaller than,\n equal to, or larger than the second argument: "cmp=lambda x,y:\n cmp(x.lower(), y.lower())". The default value is "None".\n\n *key* specifies a function of one argument that is used to extract\n a comparison key from each list element: "key=str.lower". The\n default value is "None".\n\n *reverse* is a boolean value. If set to "True", then the list\n elements are sorted as if each comparison were reversed.\n\n In general, the *key* and *reverse* conversion processes are much\n faster than specifying an equivalent *cmp* function. This is\n because *cmp* is called multiple times for each list element while\n *key* and *reverse* touch each element only once. Use\n "functools.cmp_to_key()" to convert an old-style *cmp* function to\n a *key* function.\n\n Changed in version 2.3: Support for "None" as an equivalent to\n omitting *cmp* was added.\n\n Changed in version 2.4: Support for *key* and *reverse* was added.\n\n9. Starting with Python 2.3, the "sort()" method is guaranteed to\n be stable. A sort is stable if it guarantees not to change the\n relative order of elements that compare equal --- this is helpful\n for sorting in multiple passes (for example, sort by department,\n then by salary grade).\n\n10. **CPython implementation detail:** While a list is being\n sorted, the effect of attempting to mutate, or even inspect, the\n list is undefined. The C implementation of Python 2.3 and newer\n makes the list appear empty for the duration, and raises\n "ValueError" if it can detect that the list has been mutated\n during a sort.\n\n11. The value *n* is an integer, or an object implementing\n "__index__()". Zero and negative values of *n* clear the\n sequence. Items in the sequence are not copied; they are\n referenced multiple times, as explained for "s * n" under Sequence\n Types --- str, unicode, list, tuple, bytearray, buffer, xrange.\n',
