Symbols
() characters
using, to break long statement into sensible pieces 60
* separator
about 127
used, for forcing keyword-only arguments 122, 124, 125, 127, 128
*, separator 127
** separator 127
/ separator
used, for defining position-only parameters 130, 132, 134
__slots__
small objects, optimizing with 297, 301, 302
A
Abstract Base Classes (ABCs) 146
abstract superclass 327
ACID properties
atomicity 729
consistency 729
durability 729
isolation 729
add method
used, for building sets
aggregation 310
alternate hypothesis 773
anonymous tuples
anscombe.json 734
append() method
used, for building lists 153
approaches, for designing functions with optional parameters
General to Particular design 104, 106
Particular to General design 102, 103, 104
argparse
using, to get command-line input 245, 247, 248, 250
arguments
processing, options
arrays...
