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restructured library manual accordiung to functional group
author Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
date Tue, 28 Mar 1995 13:35:14 +0000
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1 \chapter{Python Services}
2
3 The modules described in this chapter provide a wide range of services
4 related to the Python interpreter and its interaction with its
5 environment. Here's an overview:
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7 \begin{description}
8
9 \item[sys]
10 --- Access system specific parameters and functions.
11
12 \item[types]
13 --- Names for all built-in types.
14
15 \item[traceback]
16 --- Print or retrieve a stack traceback.
17
18 \item[pickle]
19 --- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back.
20
21 \item[shelve]
22 --- Python object persistency.
23
24 \item[copy]
25 --- Shallow and deep copy operations.
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27 \item[marshal]
28 --- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back (with
29 different constraints).
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31 \item[imp]
32 --- Access the implementation of the \code{import} statement.
33
34 \item[__builtin__]
35 --- The set of built-in functions.
36
37 \item[__main__]
38 --- The environment where the top-level script is run.
39
40 \end{description}