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Add cPickle to the list of modules in the chapter.
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1 \chapter{Python Services}
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2 \label{python}
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4 The modules described in this chapter provide a wide range of services
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5 related to the Python interpreter and its interaction with its
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6 environment. Here's an overview:
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8 \begin{description}
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10 \item[sys]
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11 --- Access system specific parameters and functions.
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13 \item[types]
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14 --- Names for all built-in types.
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16 \item[UserDict]
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17 --- Class wrapper for dictionary objects.
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19 \item[UserList]
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20 --- Class wrapper for list objects.
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22 \item[operator]
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23 --- All Python's standard operators as built-in functions.
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25 \item[traceback]
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26 --- Print or retrieve a stack traceback.
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28 \item[pickle]
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29 --- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back.
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31 \item[cPickle]
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32 --- Faster version of \module{pickle}, but not subclassable.
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34 \item[copy_reg]
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35 --- Register \module{pickle} support functions.
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37 \item[shelve]
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38 --- Python object persistency.
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40 \item[copy]
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41 --- Shallow and deep copy operations.
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44 --- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back (with
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45 different constraints).
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47 \item[imp]
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48 --- Access the implementation of the \keyword{import} statement.
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50 \item[parser]
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51 --- Retrieve and submit parse trees from and to the runtime support
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55 --- Constants representing internal nodes of the parse tree.
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58 --- Constants representing terminal nodes of the parse tree.
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60 \item[keyword]
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61 --- Test whether a string is a keyword in the Python language.
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63 \item[code]
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64 --- Code object services.
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66 \item[pprint]
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67 --- Data pretty printer.
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69 \item[dis]
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70 --- Disassembler.
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73 --- A standard way to reference site-specific modules.
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76 --- A standard way to reference user-specific modules.
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78 \item[__builtin__]
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79 --- The set of built-in functions.
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82 --- The environment where the top-level script is run.
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84 \end{description}