Python Essential Reference is the definitive guide to the Python programming language. Designed for programmers, it covers the core language, more than 100 modules in the standards library, and the techniques used to extend Python with complied producers in C and C++. Coverage expands upon and clarifies existing Python documentation-especially for advanced topics, such as operating systems interfaces, threads, network programming, and Unicode
This Third Edition Includes:
-New language features and libraries found in Python 2.4
-Better Organized and expanded library reference
-Enhanced coverage of network programming, including topics such as XML-RPC
-Updated Operating System Services to cover Window XP and Mac OS X
-New coverage of the email, logging, decimal, urllib2, and XML packages
-Extended Information on Python profiling and debugging
-Introduction
1. The Python Language
2. The Python Library
3. Extending and Embedding