2 days ago · The interpreter operates somewhat like the Unix shell: when called with standard input connected to a tty device, it reads and executes commands interactively; when called with a file …

4 days ago · Python 3.13 is a stable release of the Python programming language, with a mix of changes to the language, the implementation and the standard library. The biggest changes include …

1 day ago · To allow shebang lines in Python scripts to be portable between Unix and Windows, this launcher supports a number of ‘virtual’ commands to specify which interpreter to use.

2 days ago · Each actual thread in Python, even if you’re only running in the main thread, has its own current execution context. Multiple threads can use the same interpreter or different ones.

1 day ago · This part of the documentation is devoted to general information on the setup of the Python environment on different platforms, the invocation of the interpreter and things that make working …

1 day ago · Python 3.14 is the latest stable release of the Python programming language, with a mix of changes to the language, the implementation, and the standard library.

1 day ago · Help menu entry “Python Docs” opens the extensive sources of help, including tutorials, available at docs.python.org/x.y, where ‘x.y’ is the currently running Python version.

1 day ago · The modules described in this chapter allow writing interfaces similar to Python’s interactive interpreter. If you want a Python interpreter that supports some special feature in addition to the …

1 day ago · The Python interpreter is easily extended with new functions and data types implemented in C or C++ (or other languages callable from C). Python is also suitable as an extension language for …

2 days ago · This document describes how to write modules in C or C++ to extend the Python interpreter with new modules. Those modules can not only define new functions but also new object types and …