max(iterable, *[, key, default]) max(arg1, arg2, *args[, key]) Return the largest item in an iterable or the largest of two or more arguments. If one positional argument is provided, it should be an iterable. The largest item in the iterable is returned. If two or more positional arguments are provided, the largest of the positional arguments is returned. There are two optional keyword-only arguments. The key argument specifies a one-argument ordering function like that used for list.sort().

Codec.encode(input[, errors]) Encodes the object input and returns a tuple (output object, length consumed). For instance, text encoding converts a string object to a bytes object using a particular character set encoding (e.g., cp1252 or iso-8859-1). The errors argument defines the error handling to apply. It defaults to 'strict' handling. The method may not store state in the Codec instance. Use StreamWriter for codecs which have to keep state in order to make encoding efficient. The encod

difflib.restore(sequence, which) Return one of the two sequences that generated a delta. Given a sequence produced by Differ.compare() or ndiff(), extract lines originating from file 1 or 2 (parameter which), stripping off line prefixes. Example: >>> diff = ndiff('one\ntwo\nthree\n'.splitlines(keepends=True), ... 'ore\ntree\nemu\n'.splitlines(keepends=True)) >>> diff = list(diff) # materialize the generated delta into a list >>> print(''.join(restore(d

makeSocket() The factory method of SocketHandler is here overridden to create a UDP socket (socket.SOCK_DGRAM).

winreg.SetValue(key, sub_key, type, value) Associates a value with a specified key. key is an already open key, or one of the predefined HKEY_* constants. sub_key is a string that names the subkey with which the value is associated. type is an integer that specifies the type of the data. Currently this must be REG_SZ, meaning only strings are supported. Use the SetValueEx() function for support for other data types. value is a string that specifies the new value. If the key specified by the

async_chat.found_terminator() Called when the incoming data stream matches the termination condition set by set_terminator(). The default method, which must be overridden, raises a NotImplementedError exception. The buffered input data should be available via an instance attribute.

date.max The latest representable date, date(MAXYEAR, 12, 31).

os.urandom(n) Return a string of n random bytes suitable for cryptographic use. This function returns random bytes from an OS-specific randomness source. The returned data should be unpredictable enough for cryptographic applications, though its exact quality depends on the OS implementation. On Linux, getrandom() syscall is used if available and the urandom entropy pool is initialized (getrandom() does not block). On a Unix-like system this will query /dev/urandom. On Windows, it will use C

test.support.import_module(name, deprecated=False) This function imports and returns the named module. Unlike a normal import, this function raises unittest.SkipTest if the module cannot be imported. Module and package deprecation messages are suppressed during this import if deprecated is True. New in version 3.1.

exec_module(module) Initializes the given module object in accordance with PEP 489. New in version 3.5.