This handy book is an easy-to-use reference to the core language, with descriptions of commonly used modules and toolkits, and a guide to recent changes, new features, and upgraded built-ins - all updated to cover Python 3-Х as well as version 2.6. Written by Mark Lutz - widely recognized as the world"s leading Python trainer - Python Pocket Reference, Fourth Edition, is the perfect companion to his classic Python tutorials, Learning Python and Programming Python (both O"Reilly). This edition covers: Built-in object types, including numbers, lists, dictionaries, and more Statements and syntax for creating and processing objects Functions and modules for structuring and reusing code Python"s object-oriented programming tools The exception-handling model Built-in functions, exceptions, and attributes Special operator overloading methods Widely used standard library modules and extensions ...