absolute beginners question about API documentation

[Behrang Dadsetan]

Dave Kuhlman wrote:
> Markus Joschko wrote:
>>I'm want to know all methods I can use on dictionaries. Where can
>>I get an overview about these?
>>I looked on python.org but haven't found such an overview.
> If you are asking about the *Python* API, then look here:
>     http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/typesmapping.html
> If you are asking about the C API (which is less likely but
> possible), then look here:
> 
>     http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/dictObjects.html

Maybe one should add for better comprehension that dictionaries in 
python are builtin types.

So when you look for them in documentation, you should look into the 
basics and not for some Standard Library class as you would in the Java 
world.

Hope it helps,
Ben.