Overview

The Python interpreter provides a number of built-in datatypes

  • Integers
  • Long integers
  • Floating point numbers
  • Complex numbers
  • Strings
  • Lists
  • Tuples
  • Dictionaries
  • Functions
  • Classes
  • Instances
  • Modules
  • Code
  • Execution frames

Some of these are obvious (e.g., numbers)

Others pertain to the operation of the interpreter (e.g., execution frames)

We'll discuss the most common ones

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