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Add description for some modules that have been added since this intro section was last revised...
author Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
date Thu, 20 Nov 1997 21:03:33 +0000
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13 --- Names for all built-in types. 13 --- Names for all built-in types.
14 14
15 \item[UserDict, UserList] 15 \item[UserDict, UserList]
16 --- Class wrappers for dictionary and list objects. 16 --- Class wrappers for dictionary and list objects.
17 17
18 \item[operator]
19 --- All python's standard operators as built-in functions.
20
18 \item[traceback] 21 \item[traceback]
19 --- Print or retrieve a stack traceback. 22 --- Print or retrieve a stack traceback.
20 23
21 \item[pickle] 24 \item[pickle]
22 --- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back. 25 --- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back.
29 32
30 \item[marshal] 33 \item[marshal]
31 --- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back (with 34 --- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back (with
32 different constraints). 35 different constraints).
33 36
37 \item[ni]
38 --- New import (obsolete).
39
34 \item[imp] 40 \item[imp]
35 --- Access the implementation of the \code{import} statement. 41 --- Access the implementation of the \code{import} statement.
36 42
37 \item[parser] 43 \item[parser]
38 --- Retrieve and submit parse trees from and to the runtime support 44 --- Retrieve and submit parse trees from and to the runtime support
39 environment. 45 environment.
40 46
47 \item[keyword]
48 --- Test whether a string is a keyword in the Python language.
49
50 \item[code]
51 --- Code object services.
52
53 \item[pprint]
54 --- Data pretty printer.
55
56 \item[dis]
57 --- Disassembler.
58
41 \item[site] 59 \item[site]
42 --- A standard way to reference site-specific modules. 60 --- A standard way to reference site-specific modules.
61
62 \item[user]
63 --- A standard way to reference user-specific modules.
43 64
44 \item[__builtin__] 65 \item[__builtin__]
45 --- The set of built-in functions. 66 --- The set of built-in functions.
46 67
47 \item[__main__] 68 \item[__main__]