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(python2.1-lib.info)Type Mapping

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Type Mapping
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The primitive IDL types used in the DOM specification are mapped to
Python types according to the following table.

IDL Type                             Python Type
------                               -----
boolean                              `IntegerType' (with a value of `0'
                                     or `1')
int                                  `IntegerType'
long int                             `IntegerType'
unsigned int                         `IntegerType'

Additionally, the `DOMString' defined in the recommendation is mapped
to a Python string or Unicode string.  Applications should be able to
handle Unicode whenever a string is returned from the DOM.

The IDL `null' value is mapped to `None', which may be accepted or
provided by the implementation whenever `null' is allowed by the API.