1 2 .. _datatypes: 3 4 ********** 5 Data Types 6 ********** 7 8 The modules described in this chapter provide a variety of specialized data 9 types such as dates and times, fixed-type arrays, heap queues, synchronized 10 queues, and sets. 11 12 Python also provides some built-in data types, in particular, 13 :class:`dict`, :class:`list`, :class:`set` (which along with 14 :class:`frozenset`, replaces the deprecated :mod:`sets` module), and 15 :class:`tuple`. The :class:`str` class can be used to handle binary data 16 and 8-bit text, and the :class:`unicode` class to handle Unicode text. 17 18 The following modules are documented in this chapter: 19 20 21 .. toctree:: 22 23 datetime.rst 24 calendar.rst 25 collections.rst 26 heapq.rst 27 bisect.rst 28 array.rst 29 sets.rst 30 sched.rst 31 mutex.rst 32 queue.rst 33 weakref.rst 34 userdict.rst 35 types.rst 36 new.rst 37 copy.rst 38 pprint.rst 39 repr.rst 40
