Python includes several modules for implementing algorithms elegantly and concisely using whatever style is most appropriate for the task. It supports purely procedural, object-oriented, and ...

Python Standard Library is divided into 14 chapters, each covering a related set of modules. As the book is comprehensive there is no reason to enumerate its contents here, but the divisions are quite ...

A case of mistaken identity The problem is that packages in the standard Python library should originate only from their official source, rather than being downloaded from third-party repositories ...

The Python standard library comes with two functions that work as stopwatches. The Time module has the perf_counter function, which calls on the operating system’s high-resolution timer to ...

Python uses TOML, or Tom’s Obvious Minimal Language, as a configuration format (as in pyproject.toml), but doesn’t expose the ability to read TOML-format files as a standard library module.

Python recently celebrated its 30th birthday, and pioneers of the language have been reflecting on its significance as an open source project.