9. Functional Programming Modules — Python v3.2.6 documentation

9. Functional Programming Modules — Python v3.2.6 documentation

The modules described in this chapter provide functions and classes that support a functional programming style, and general operations on callables.

The following modules are documented in this chapter:

9.1. itertools — Functions creating iterators for efficient looping
- 9.1.1. Itertool functions
- 9.1.2. Itertools Recipes
9.2. functools — Higher-order functions and operations on callable objects
- 9.2.1. partial Objects
9.3. operator — Standard operators as functions
- 9.3.1. Mapping Operators to Functions
- 9.3.2. Inplace Operators