Previous edition: 2015

Data structures. The Python data model ; An array of sequences ; Dictionaries and sets ; Unicode text versus bytes ; Data class builders ; Object references, mutability, and recycling -- Functions as objects. Functions as first-class objects ; Type hints in functions ; Decorators and closures ; Design patterns with first-class functions -- Classes and protocols. A Pythonic object ; Special methods for sequences ; Interfaces, protocols, and ABCs ; Inheritance : for better or for worse ; More about type hints ; Operator overloading -- Control flow. Iterators, generators, and classic coroutines ; With, match, and else blocks ; Concurrency models in Python ; Concurrent executors ; Asynchronous programming -- Metaprogramming. Dynamic attributes and properties ; Attribute descriptors ; Class metaprogramming

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