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| .. _datatypes: |
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| Data Types |
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| |
| The modules described in this chapter provide a variety of specialized data |
| types such as dates and times, fixed-type arrays, heap queues, synchronized |
| queues, and sets. |
| |
| Python also provides some built-in data types, in particular, |
| :class:`dict`, :class:`list`, :class:`set` (which along with |
| :class:`frozenset`, replaces the deprecated :mod:`sets` module), and |
| :class:`tuple`. The :class:`str` class can be used to handle binary data |
| and 8-bit text, and the :class:`unicode` class to handle Unicode text. |
| |
| The following modules are documented in this chapter: |
| |
| |
| .. toctree:: |
| |
| datetime.rst |
| calendar.rst |
| collections.rst |
| heapq.rst |
| bisect.rst |
| array.rst |
| sets.rst |
| sched.rst |
| mutex.rst |
| queue.rst |
| weakref.rst |
| userdict.rst |
| types.rst |
| new.rst |
| copy.rst |
| pprint.rst |
| repr.rst |
