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Guido van Rossumecde7811995-03-28 13:35:14 +0000[diff] [blame]1\chapter{Python Services}
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3The modules described in this chapter provide a wide range of services
4related to the Python interpreter and its interaction with its
5environment. Here's an overview:
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7\begin{description}
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9\item[sys]
10--- Access system specific parameters and functions.
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12\item[types]
13--- Names for all built-in types.
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Guido van Rossum7f3b0421997-03-27 14:56:18 +0000[diff] [blame]15\item[UserDict, UserList]
16--- Class wrappers for dictionary and list objects.
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Guido van Rossume084f0b1997-11-20 21:03:33 +0000[diff] [blame]18\item[operator]
19--- All python's standard operators as built-in functions.
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Guido van Rossumecde7811995-03-28 13:35:14 +0000[diff] [blame]21\item[traceback]
22--- Print or retrieve a stack traceback.
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24\item[pickle]
25--- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back.
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Fred Drake0f354951998-01-21 05:04:52 +0000[diff] [blame^]27\item[copy_reg]
28--- Register \code{pickle} support functions.
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Guido van Rossumecde7811995-03-28 13:35:14 +0000[diff] [blame]30\item[shelve]
31--- Python object persistency.
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33\item[copy]
34--- Shallow and deep copy operations.
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36\item[marshal]
37--- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back (with
38different constraints).
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Guido van Rossume084f0b1997-11-20 21:03:33 +0000[diff] [blame]40\item[ni]
41--- New import (obsolete).
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Guido van Rossumecde7811995-03-28 13:35:14 +0000[diff] [blame]43\item[imp]
44--- Access the implementation of the \code{import} statement.
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Guido van Rossum3317e631996-07-21 02:22:12 +0000[diff] [blame]46\item[parser]
47--- Retrieve and submit parse trees from and to the runtime support
48environment.
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Guido van Rossume084f0b1997-11-20 21:03:33 +0000[diff] [blame]50\item[keyword]
51--- Test whether a string is a keyword in the Python language.
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53\item[code]
54--- Code object services.
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56\item[pprint]
57--- Data pretty printer.
58
59\item[dis]
60--- Disassembler.
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Guido van Rossumfc5ee0f1997-04-03 22:43:02 +0000[diff] [blame]62\item[site]
63--- A standard way to reference site-specific modules.
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Guido van Rossume084f0b1997-11-20 21:03:33 +0000[diff] [blame]65\item[user]
66--- A standard way to reference user-specific modules.
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Guido van Rossumecde7811995-03-28 13:35:14 +0000[diff] [blame]68\item[__builtin__]
69--- The set of built-in functions.
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71\item[__main__]
72--- The environment where the top-level script is run.
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74\end{description}