Concepts

The pages in this section explain some of the important concepts behind how various objects in the PyXX package work. Note that most code is described directly in the corresponding object’s API reference page; this section merely expands upon higher-level concepts needed to understand the reference pages.

Topics

• File Utility Concepts
  • General Usage
  • Data Model: pyxx.files.File
  • Data Model: pyxx.files.TextFile
  • Customizing TextFile Subclasses
• Unit Conversion Concepts
  • Systems of Units
  • Units
  • Relationship Between Units and Systems of Units
  • Unit Conversions
• Bracket Concepts
  • Definitions
  • Bracket-Matching Algorithm