Python Mini Reference 2022: A Quick Guide to the Modern Python Programming Language for Busy Coders (A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Modern Programming Languages Book 3)

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Preface
1. Introduction
2. Python Programs
	2.1. File/Text Input
	2.2. Interactive Mode
3. Program Execution
	3.1. Code Blocks
	3.2. Name Binding
	3.3. Scope
		3.3.1. Function definition block
		3.3.2. Class definition block
		3.3.3. The global declaration
		3.3.4. The nonlocal declaration
	3.4. Scope Examples (Optional)
	3.5. Program Start and Termination
	3.6. Exceptions
4. Packages & Modules
	4.1. Modules
		4.1.1. The import statement
	4.2. Packages
		4.2.1. Regular packages
		4.2.2. Namespace packages
	4.3. Package Relative Imports
5. Python Source Code
	5.1. Line Structure
		5.1.1. Logical lines
		5.1.2. Physical lines
		5.1.3. Comments
		5.1.4. Blank Lines
		5.1.5. Physical line joining
		5.1.6. Indentations
	5.2. Tokens
	5.3. Identifiers and Keywords
		5.3.1. Keywords
		5.3.2. Reserved classes of identifiers
	5.4. Literals
		5.4.1. String and bytes literals
		5.4.2. Formatted string literals
		5.4.3. String literal concatenation
		5.4.4. Numeric literals
	5.5. Compound Type Literals
	5.6. Operators
	5.7. Delimiters
6. Objects
	6.1. Identities
	6.2. Attributes
	6.3. Types
	6.4. Builtin type Function
	6.5. Mutable vs Immutable Types
	6.6. Constructors
	6.7. Boolean Context
	6.8. Lifetime of an Object
7. Simple Types
	7.1. None
	7.2. NotImplemented
	7.3. Ellipsis
	7.4. Numbers
		7.4.1. Integers (numbers.Integral)
		7.4.2. Real numbers (numbers.Real)
		7.4.3. Complex numbers (numbers.Complex)
8. Compound Types
	8.1. Tuples, Lists, Sets, and Dictionaries
		8.1.1. Constructors
		8.1.2. Literal syntax
		8.1.3. Comprehensions
	8.2. Sequences
		8.2.1. Sequence unpacking
	8.3. Immutable Sequences
		8.3.1. Strings
		8.3.2. Tuples
		8.3.3. Bytes sequences
	8.4. Mutable Sequences
		8.4.1. Lists
		8.4.2. List comprehension
		8.4.3. Byte arrays
	8.5. Set Types
		8.5.1. Sets
		8.5.2. Set comprehension
		8.5.3. Frozen sets
	8.6. Mappings
		8.6.1. Dictionaries
		8.6.2. Dictionary comprehension
		8.6.3. Element insertion/deletion
9. Expressions
	9.1. Expression Lists
	9.2. Evaluation Order
	9.3. Assignment Expressions
	9.4. Conditional Expressions
	9.5. Arithmetic Conversions
	9.6. Arithmetic Operations
		9.6.1. Unary arithmetic operators
		9.6.2. Binary arithmetic operators
		9.6.3. The power operator
	9.7. Bitwise Operations
		9.7.1. Unary bitwise operator
		9.7.2. Binary bitwise operators
		9.7.3. The shift operators
	9.8. Boolean Operations
		9.8.1. The not operator
		9.8.2. The and operator
		9.8.3. The or operator
	9.9. Comparisons
		9.9.1. Identity comparisons
		9.9.2. Value comparisons
		9.9.3. Membership test operations
10. Simple Statements
	10.1. Expression Statement
	10.2. Assignment Statement
		10.2.1. Augmented Assignment Statements
	10.3. The pass Statement
	10.4. The return Statement
	10.5. The raise Statement
	10.6. The break Statement
	10.7. The continue Statement
	10.8. The global Statement
	10.9. The nonlocal Statement
	10.10. The del Statement
	10.11. The assert Statement
		10.11.1. The basic form
		10.11.2. The extended form
11. Compound Statements
	11.1. The if - elif - else Statement
	11.2. The while - else Statement
	11.3. The for - in - else Statement
		11.3.1. The range function
		11.3.2. The enumerate function
	11.4. The try Statement
	11.5. The with Statement
12. Pattern Matching
	12.1. The match - case Statement
	12.2. Patterns
		12.2.1. The wildcard pattern
		12.2.2. Literal patterns
		12.2.3. Value patterns
		12.2.4. Group patterns
		12.2.5. Capture patterns
		12.2.6. OR patterns
		12.2.7. AS patterns
		12.2.8. Sequence patterns
		12.2.9. Mapping patterns
		12.2.10. Class patterns
13. Functions
	13.1. Function Definition
	13.2. Function Parameters
	13.3. Optional Parameters
	13.4. "Varargs" Functions
	13.5. Function Call
		13.5.1. Calls
		13.5.2. Callable
		13.5.3. Positional vs keyword arguments
	13.6. Lambda Expressions
	13.7. map, filter, and reduce
		13.7.1. The map function
		13.7.2. The filter function
		13.7.3. The functools.reduce function
	13.8. Function Decorators
		13.8.1. Built-in decorators
14. Classes
	14.1. Class Definition
	14.2. Classes and Instances
		14.2.1. Class objects
		14.2.2. Class variables
		14.2.3. Constructors
		14.2.4. The __init__ function
		14.2.5. Instance objects
		14.2.6. Instance variables
		14.2.7. Instance methods
	14.3. Object Oriented Programming
		14.3.1. Data encapsulation
		14.3.2. Magic methods
		14.3.3. Inheritance
		14.3.4. Multiple inheritance
		14.3.5. super()
		14.3.6. Duck typing
	14.4. Data Classes
	14.5. Enums
	14.6. Class Decorators
15. Coroutines & Asynchronous Programming
	15.1. Generators
		15.1.1. Iterators
		15.1.2. Generator functions
	15.2. yield Expressions
	15.3. Generator Expressions
		15.3.1. Asynchronous generator expressions
	15.4. Coroutine Objects
		15.4.1. Awaitable objects
		15.4.2. Coroutine objects
	15.5. Coroutine Functions
	15.6. Await Expressions
	15.7. Other async Statements
		15.7.1. The async for statement
		15.7.2. The async with statement
	15.8. Producer Consumer Problem
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