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The Firebird Base library for Python

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The `firebird-base` package provides common Python 3 modules used by `Firebird Project`_

in various development projects. However, these modules have general applicability outside

the scope of development for Firebird RDBMS.

Topic covered by `firebird-base` package:

- General data types like `singletons`, `sentinels` and objects with identity.

- Unified system for data conversion from/to string.

- `DataList` and `Registry` collection types with advanced data-processing cappabilities.

- Work with structured binary buffers.

- Global registry of Google `protobuf` messages and enumerations.

- Extended configuration system based on `ConfigParser`.

- Context-based logging.

- Trace/audit for class instances.

- General "hook" mechanism.

- Callback system based on Signals and Slots, and "Delphi events".

.. note:: Requires Python 3.11+

.. tip:: You can download docset for Dash_ (MacOS) or Zeal_ (Windows / Linux) documentation

readers from releases_ at github.

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introduction

modules

changelog

license

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.. _Firebird Project: http://www.firebirdsql.org

.. _releases: https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/python3-base/releases

.. _Dash: https://kapeli.com/dash

.. _Zeal: https://zealdocs.org/