
Functional Programming Modules
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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:

* ``itertools`` --- Functions creating iterators for efficient looping
  * Itertool functions
  * Itertools Recipes
* ``functools`` --- Higher order functions and operations on callable
  objects
  * ``partial`` Objects
* ``operator`` --- Standard operators as functions
  * Mapping Operators to Functions
* Inplace Operators