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daemon processes, forking on Unix
daemon threads
DAO, Jet database migration using
data
processing selected pairs of structured data efficiently
database systems
accessing columns by field name
different types
field names, mapping to column numbers
JDBC access via Jython servlets
lazy connections to
Python programming for
relational databases
SQL implementations
DatabaseTuple class
datagram sockets
passing large messages
dbutils.py
_ _debug_ _ variable
debugging and testing
C extensions, dynamically loaded, debugging with gdb
classes, adding functionality to
current function, determining the name of
currying, use in
debugging garbage collection
interactive debuggers, limitations of
introspecting the call stack with older Python versions
logging and tracing across platforms
memory problems associated with C extensions
modules, automating reloading
starting debugger automatically after uncaught exceptions
strategies
tracing a class's defined methods
tracing expressions and comments in debug mode
tracking instances of particular classes
wrapping tracebacks in HTML
decorate-sort-undecorate
[See DSU]
deep copies
def statement
dele (poplib module)
delegation
automatic, as an alternative to inheritance
of messages to multiple objects
delete_thread_storage
delSpaces
design nonpatterns
Borg class
Borg design nonpattern
alternatives to
design patterns
[See also design nonpatterns]
Letter/Envelope
Monostate pattern
Null Object design pattern
Singleton
Template-Method design pattern
dialog boxes
creating with Tkinter
Dialog widget
_ _dict_ _
instance's state, and
dictionaries
auxiliary, use in processing data pairs
classes, wrapping in
constructing without quoting keys
dispatch using
entries, adding
explicit specification
get
histograms, using for
intersections, finding between
keys, mapping multiple values to
setdefault
sorting of
storing function results in
threads, allocation of storage for
tracking_classes
type, hash table used for
values, obtaining from
wrapping into callable objects
dictionary display, alternative to
diff tool
difflib module
directories
computing sizes across platforms
conditional addition to search path
creating, including parent directories
walking directory trees
diskspace, determining usage
distributed middleware architectures
central middleware process
client script
gateway for XML-RPC services
Publish/Subscribe, and
Request/Reply, using in
server script
distributed programming
CORBA
client and server implementation
modules for
O'Reilly's Meerkat server, accessing via RPC
Publish/Subscribe, using in distributed middleware architecture
remote logins using telnetlib
Request/Reply, using in a distributed middleware architecture
RPCs (remote procedure calls)
SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol)
web services that support XML-RPC and SOAP
XML-RPC
Medusa, using with
method calls, making
serving requests
distutils package
divmod
DNS name server addresses, viewing in Windows registry
Document Object Model
[See DOM]
dodict
DOM (Document Object Model)
domain names, normalizing to fully qualified domain names (FQDN)
double quotes
drop wrapper
DSU (decorate-sort-undecorate)
2nd
comparison functions, compared to
decorate step
decorating an object with print-like methods
decorating objects with new functions
reverse sorting
sort step
sorting a list of objects by object attributes
undecorate step
dtuple module
du command
dump (cPickle module)
2nd
vs. dumps
dump (marshal module)
dump_garbage
dumps (cPickle module)
dumps (marshal module)
duplicates, removing from a sequence
maintaining sequence order
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