Python: The Complete Reference

This book is a Chinese-language reference manual for the Python language, translated from Python: The Complete Reference by Martin C. Brown. It first briefly introduces the basic principles and composition of Python, then uses numerous examples to progressively explain Python's core syntax, methods for using the standard library, approaches to rapid application development, Web development methods, cross-platform development ideas, and Python's internal mechanisms, C extension, and embedding techniques, with appendices providing a Python library guide and resource information. The book is structured into six parts and two appendices: Part 1 covers the basic principles and runtime environment of the Python language; Part 2 systematically reviews the standard library and discusses advanced usage of modules and object orientation; Part 3 discusses methods for rapid application development with Python; Part 4 addresses Web development, including using Python to process documents such as SGML, HTML, and XML; Part 5 focuses on cross-platform development; Part 6 goes deep into Python's internal mechanisms, including writing extensions in C and embedding Python in C programs. As a translated work published in 2002, the book reflects the language and ecosystem around Python 2.0; some libraries and syntax details differ from current Python 3, so readers should focus on understanding programming ideas and engineering methods, and refer to official documentation for specific APIs.