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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Doc/c-api/complex.rst
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Please note, that these functions are :term:`soft deprecated` since Python
3.15. Avoid using this API in a new code to do complex arithmetic: either use
the `Number Protocol <number>`_ API or use native complex types, like
the :ref:`Number Protocol <number>` API or use native complex types, like
:c:expr:`double complex`.


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* Wikipedia entry for `Multisets <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiset>`_.

* `C++ multisets <http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/Cpp/0380__set-multiset/Catalog0380__set-multiset.htm>`_
* `C++ multisets <https://web.archive.org/web/20210108001926/http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/Cpp/0380__set-multiset/Catalog0380__set-multiset.htm>`_
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Site has been down for over 100 days per https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/java2s.com.html

tutorial with examples.

* For mathematical operations on multisets and their use cases, see
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`nmh - Message Handling System <https://www.nongnu.org/nmh/>`_
Home page of :program:`nmh`, an updated version of the original :program:`mh`.

`MH & nmh: Email for Users & Programmers <https://rand-mh.sourceforge.io/book/>`_
`MH & nmh: Email for Users & Programmers <https://web.mit.edu/daveg/SIPB/Info/Links/Documentation/mh-book/index.htm>`_
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Fun fact: This is actually "the first book in history to have been published within the Internet" per wikipedia

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lgtm, though I'm not sure how useful it is compared to the link before it.

A GPL-licensed book on :program:`mh` and :program:`nmh`, with some information
on the mailbox format.

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The Python Profilers
********************

**Source code:** :source:`Lib/profile.py`, :source:`Lib/pstats.py`, and :source:`Lib/profile/sample.py`
**Source code:** :source:`Lib/profile.py`, :source:`Lib/pstats.py`, and :source:`Lib/profiling/sampling/`

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:term:`bytes-like objects <bytes-like object>`
*a* and *b* are equal, otherwise ``False``,
using a "constant-time compare" to reduce the risk of
`timing attacks <https://codahale.com/a-lesson-in-timing-attacks/>`_.
`timing attacks <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack>`_.
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The blog is available from the wayback machine, but it has not been updated since 2009.

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If the article is still relevant (and maybe more specific to Python than the wikipedia article), then archive link would be good!

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Not particularly specific to Python, more so Java. It can be found here: https://web.archive.org/web/20250208233127/https://codahale.com/a-lesson-in-timing-attacks/

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`timing attacks <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timing_attack>`_.
`timing attacks <https://web.archive.org/web/20250208233127/https://codahale.com/a-lesson-in-timing-attacks/>`_.

You can apply if you feel it is better.

See :func:`hmac.compare_digest` for additional details.


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.. module:: string
:synopsis: Common string operations.

**Source code:** :source:`Lib/string.py`
**Source code:** :source:`Lib/string/`

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.. seealso::

The `Pillow <https://python-pillow.org/>`_ package adds support for
The `Pillow <https://python-pillow.github.io/>`_ package adds support for
formats such as BMP, JPEG, TIFF, and WebP, among others.

.. _tkinter-file-handlers:
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iOS Options
-----------

See :source:`iOS/README.rst`.
See :source:`Apple/iOS/README.md`.

.. option:: --enable-framework=INSTALLDIR

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Testing a Python package
------------------------

The CPython source tree contains :source:`a testbed project <Apple/iOS/testbed>` that
The CPython source tree contains :source:`a testbed project <Apple/testbed>` that
is used to run the CPython test suite on the iOS simulator. This testbed can also
be used as a testbed project for running your Python library's test suite on iOS.

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.. seealso::

https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/default/Objects/obmalloc.c
For the full details of the pymalloc implementation, see the comments at
the top of the file :file:`Objects/obmalloc.c` in the Python source code.
The above link points to the file within the python.org SVN browser.
For the full details of the pymalloc implementation, see the comments at
the top of the :source:`Objects/obmalloc.c` file in the Python source code.

.. ======================================================================

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`Upfront Systems <https://upfrontsoftware.co.za>`__
of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Martin von Löwis put a
lot of effort into importing existing bugs and patches from
SourceForge; his scripts for this import operation are at
``https://svn.python.org/view/tracker/importer/`` and may be useful to
SourceForge; his scripts for this import operation may be useful to
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I could not find these scripts anywhere :-(

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@loewis would you know if these scripts are saved somewhere, or should the lines be deleted?

other projects wishing to move from SourceForge to Roundup.

.. seealso::
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https://roundup.sourceforge.io/
Roundup downloads and documentation.

https://svn.python.org/view/tracker/importer/
Martin von Löwis's conversion scripts.

New Documentation Format: reStructuredText Using Sphinx
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The :c:member:`PyTypeObject.tp_finalize` slot is now part of the stable ABI.

Windows builds now require Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0, which
is available as part of `Visual Studio 2015 <https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/en/vs/older-downloads/#visual-studio-2015-and-other-products>`_.
is available as part of `Visual Studio 2015 <https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/older-downloads/#visual-studio-2015-update>`_.

Extension modules now include a platform information tag in their filename on
some platforms (the tag is optional, and CPython will import extensions without
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'''
# References:
# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiset
# http://www.gnu.org/software/smalltalk/manual-base/html_node/Bag.html
# http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/Cpp/0380__set-multiset/Catalog0380__set-multiset.htm
# http://code.activestate.com/recipes/259174/
# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiset
# https://www.gnu.org/software/smalltalk/manual-base/html_node/Bag.html
# https://web.archive.org/web/20210108001926/http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/Cpp/0380__set-multiset/Catalog0380__set-multiset.htm
# https://code.activestate.com/recipes/259174/
# Knuth, TAOCP Vol. II section 4.6.3

def __init__(self, iterable=None, /, **kwds):
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