Beginning Python - From Novice to Professional

584 ■INDEX
one line at a time 264
reading everything 265
opening 255–257
filter function 134, 135, 559
filterwarnings function 160
finally clause
exceptions 168
find method 60, 61
findall function
re module 239, 240
flatten generator 193
rewritten as plain function 195
flip function
pygame.display module 529, 531, 532
float function 560
floats 10
Font function
pygame.font module 529
for loops 95
compared to list comprehension 101
range function 548
for statements 570
forking
multiple connections 304
SocketServer module 305
tag
action attribute 476
format function 488
--formats switch 377
found_terminator method
async_chat class 460, 461
framework for extensions 367–368
from module import function 18
reasons not to use 19
fromkeys method
dictionaries 74
frozenset type
sets module 223
ftplib module 302
functions 16, 549–550
and exceptions 168–169
compared to methods 149
creating 111
definitions 570
documenting 112
example of module containing a function
205
functional programming 133
apply function 137
filter function 134–135
map function 134
reduce function 135–137
parameters 113
changing 114–119
collecting 121–123
distributing 123–124
keyword parameters and defaults
119–121
supplying and receiving example
124–126
values 113
Python functions 112–113
■G
Gamma, Erich et al
Design Patterns 387
Gang of Four
Design Patterns 387
garbage collection 366–367
gathering operators
* operator 121
** operator 122
generator-function 194
generator-iterator 194
generators 191
avoiding 194–195
eight queens example 195
backtracking 196
base case 197–198