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collections -- Container data types
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.. module:: collections
    :synopsis: Container data types.

:Purpose: Container data types.
:Available In: 2.4 and later

The :mod:`collections` module includes container data types beyond the
built-in types :class:`list`, :class:`dict`, and :class:`tuple`.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   counter
   defaultdict
   deque
   namedtuple
   ordereddict


.. seealso::

    `collections <http://docs.python.org/2.7/library/collections.html>`_
        The standard library documentation for this module.