The Python Language Reference Manual

This manual is the official reference for the Python language itself. It describes the syntax of Python and its built-in datatypes in depth. This edition has been revised for the 2.5 release of Python.

This manual covers advanced topics, and is suitable for readers who need to be familiar with the details and rules of the Python language and its object system.

A tutorial suitable for those new to Python is available in the companion volume "An Introduction to Python". The standard Python library is documented separately in "The Python Library Reference Manual".

The author of this manual, Guido van Rossum, is the inventor of Python. Fred L. Drake, Jr. is the official editor of the Python documentation.

For each copy of this manual sold $1 is donated to the Python Software Foundation.

As of January 2010 the total amount donated is $2,689 from the sale of this and other Python manuals.

This book is freely redistributable, under the same license as Python itself.

144 pages. Revised November 2006.
ISBN: 0-9541617-8-5 (ISBN-13: 978-0-9541617-8-1)