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Python Library Reference

Guido van Rossum

Fred L. Drake, Jr., editor

PythonLabs

Email: docs@python.org

Release 2.3.3

December 19, 2003

(conversion to Wiki Format by [:LloydFlanagan:A. Lloyd Flanagan], who didn't know what he was getting into)


Note: this is an unofficial posting of the official python documentation. So PLEASE DON'T modify the existing text! It will probably just be overwritten and no one will realize you've done it. PLEASE DO add any and all comments at the end of the section they apply to. That's what it's for!

[:/FrontMatter:Front Matter]

Table Of Contents

1. [:/Introduction:Introduction]

2. [:/BuiltInObjects:Built In Objects]

3. [:/PythonRuntimeServices:Python Runtime Services]

4. [:/StringServices:String Services]

5. [:/MiscellaneousServices:Miscellaneous Services]

6. [:/GenericOperatingSystemServices:Generic Operating System Services]

7. [:/OptionalOperatingSystemServices:Optional Operating System Services]

8. [:/UnixSpecificServices:Unix Specific Services]

9. [:/ThePythonDebugger:The Python Debugger]

10. [:/ThePythonProfiler:The Python Profiler]

11. [:/InternetProtocolsAndSupport:Internet Protocols And Support]

12. [:/InternetDataHandling:Internet Data Handling]

13. [:/StructuredMarkupProcessingTools:Structured Markup Processing Tools]

14. [:/MultimediaServices:Multimedia Services]

15. [:/CryptographicServices:Cryptographic Services]

16. [:/GraphicalUserInterfacesWithTk:Graphical User Interfaces With Tk]

17. [:/RestrictedExecution:Restricted Execution]

17.1 rexec -- Restricted execution framework 17.1.1 RExec Objects 17.1.2 Defining restricted environments 17.1.3 An example 17.2 Bastion -- Restricting access to objects

18. [:/PythonLanguageServices:Python Language Services]

18.1 parser -- Access Python parse trees 18.1.1 Creating AST Objects 18.1.2 Converting AST Objects 18.1.3 Queries on AST Objects 18.1.4 Exceptions and Error Handling 18.1.5 AST Objects 18.1.6 Examples 18.2 symbol -- Constants used with Python parse trees 18.3 token -- Constants used with Python parse trees 18.4 keyword -- Testing for Python keywords 18.5 tokenize -- Tokenizer for Python source 18.6 tabnanny -- Detection of ambiguous indentation 18.7 pyclbr -- Python class browser support 18.7.1 Class Descriptor Objects 18.7.2 Function Descriptor Objects 18.8 py_compile -- Compile Python source files 18.9 compileall -- Byte-compile Python libraries 18.10 dis -- Disassembler for Python byte code 18.10.1 Python Byte Code Instructions 18.11 distutils -- Building and installing Python modules

19. [:/PythonCompilerPackage:Python Compiler Package]

19.1 The basic interface 19.2 Limitations 19.3 Python Abstract Syntax 19.3.1 AST Nodes 19.3.2 Assignment nodes 19.3.3 Examples 19.4 Using Visitors to Walk ASTs 19.5 Bytecode Generation

20. [:/SgiIrixSpecificServices:Sgi Irix Specific Services]

20.1 al -- Audio functions on the SGI 20.1.1 Configuration Objects 20.1.2 Port Objects 20.2 AL -- Constants used with the al module 20.3 cd -- CD-ROM access on SGI systems 20.3.1 Player Objects 20.3.2 Parser Objects 20.4 fl -- FORMS library for graphical user interfaces 20.4.1 Functions Defined in Module fl 20.4.2 Form Objects 20.4.3 FORMS Objects 20.5 FL -- Constants used with the fl module 20.6 flp -- Functions for loading stored FORMS designs 20.7 fm -- Font Manager interface 20.8 gl -- Graphics Library interface 20.9 DEVICE -- Constants used with the gl module 20.10 GL -- Constants used with the gl module 20.11 imgfile -- Support for SGI imglib files 20.12 jpeg -- Read and write JPEG files

21. [:/SunOsSpecificServices:Sun OS Specific Services]

21.1 sunaudiodev -- Access to Sun audio hardware 21.1.1 Audio Device Objects 21.2 SUNAUDIODEV -- Constants used with sunaudiodev 22. MS Windows Specific Services 22.1 msvcrt - Useful routines from the MS VC++ runtime 22.1.1 File Operations 22.1.2 Console I/O 22.1.3 Other Functions 22.2 _winreg - Windows registry access 22.2.1 Registry Handle Objects 22.3 winsound -- Sound-playing interface for Windows

A. [:/UndocumentedModules:Undocumented Modules]

A.1 Frameworks A.2 Miscellaneous useful utilities A.3 Platform specific modules A.4 Multimedia A.5 Obsolete A.6 SGI-specific Extension modules

B. [:/ReportingBugs:Reporting Bugs]

C. [:/HistoryAndLicense:History And License]

C.1 History of the software C.2 Terms and conditions for accessing or otherwise using Python

[:/ModuleIndex:Module Index]

[:/PythonLibraryReferenceIndex:Python Library Reference Index]

[:/AboutThisDocument:About This Document] ...

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