|   |  | 
      | 
       _ |  | 
     
        | 
       
       __builtin__ | 
       The module that provides the built-in namespace. | 
     
        | 
       
       __future__ | 
       Future statement definitions | 
     
        | 
       
       __main__ | 
       The environment where the top-level script is run. | 
     
        | 
       
       _winreg (Windows) | 
       Routines and objects for manipulating the Windows registry. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       a |  | 
     
        | 
       
       abc | 
       Abstract base classes according to PEP 3119. | 
     
        | 
       
       aepack (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Conversion between Python variables and AppleEvent data containers. | 
     
        | 
       
       aetools (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Basic support for sending Apple Events | 
     
        | 
       
       aetypes (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Python representation of the Apple Event Object Model. | 
     
        | 
       
       aifc | 
       Read and write audio files in AIFF or AIFC format. | 
     
        | 
       
       AL (IRIX) | Deprecated:
       Constants used with the al module. | 
     
        | 
       
       al (IRIX) | Deprecated:
       Audio functions on the SGI. | 
     
        | 
       
       anydbm | 
       Generic interface to DBM-style database modules. | 
     
        | 
       
       applesingle (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Rudimentary decoder for AppleSingle format files. | 
     
        | 
       
       argparse | 
       Command-line option and argument parsing library. | 
     
        | 
       
       array | 
       Space efficient arrays of uniformly typed numeric values. | 
     
        | 
       
       ast | 
       Abstract Syntax Tree classes and manipulation. | 
     
        | 
       
       asynchat | 
       Support for asynchronous command/response protocols. | 
     
        | 
       
       asyncore | 
       A base class for developing asynchronous socket handling
services. | 
     
        | 
       
       atexit | 
       Register and execute cleanup functions. | 
     
        | 
       
       audioop | 
       Manipulate raw audio data. | 
     
        | 
       
       autoGIL (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Global Interpreter Lock handling in event loops. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       b |  | 
     
        | 
       
       base64 | 
       RFC 3548: Base16, Base32, Base64 Data Encodings | 
     
        | 
       
       BaseHTTPServer | 
       Basic HTTP server (base class for SimpleHTTPServer and CGIHTTPServer). | 
     
        | 
       
       Bastion | Deprecated:
       Providing restricted access to objects. | 
     
        | 
       
       bdb | 
       Debugger framework. | 
     
        | 
       
       binascii | 
       Tools for converting between binary and various ASCII-encoded binary
representations. | 
     
        | 
       
       binhex | 
       Encode and decode files in binhex4 format. | 
     
        | 
       
       bisect | 
       Array bisection algorithms for binary searching. | 
     
        | 
       
       bsddb | 
       Interface to Berkeley DB database library | 
     
        | 
       
       buildtools (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Helper module for BuildApplet, BuildApplication and macfreeze. | 
     
        | 
       
       bz2 | 
       Interface to compression and decompression routines compatible with bzip2. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       c |  | 
     
        | 
       
       calendar | 
       Functions for working with calendars, including some emulation of the Unix cal
program. | 
     
         | 
       
       Carbon | 
        | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.AE (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Apple Events toolbox. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.AH (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Apple Help manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.App (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Appearance Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Appearance (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constant definitions for the interface to the Appearance Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.CarbonEvents (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the Carbon Event Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.CarbonEvt (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Carbon Event Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.CF (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Core Foundation. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.CG (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to Core Graphics. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Cm (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Component Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Components (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the Component Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.ControlAccessor (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Accessor functions for the interface to the Control Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Controls (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the Control Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.CoreFounation (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to CoreFoundation. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.CoreGraphics (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to CoreGraphics. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Ctl (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Control Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Dialogs (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the Dialog Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Dlg (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Dialog Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Drag (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Drag and Drop Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Dragconst (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the Drag and Drop Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Events (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the classic Event Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Evt (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the classic Event Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.File (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the File Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Files (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the File Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Fm (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Font Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Folder (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Folder Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Folders (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the Folder Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Fonts (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the Font Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Help (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Carbon Help Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.IBCarbon (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Carbon InterfaceBuilder support libraries. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.IBCarbonRuntime (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the Carbon InterfaceBuilder support libraries. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Icns (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Carbon Icon Manager | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Icons (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the Carbon Icon Manager | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Launch (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Carbon Launch Services. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.LaunchServices (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the Carbon Launch Services. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.List (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the List Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Lists (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the List Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.MacHelp (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the Carbon Help Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.MediaDescr (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Parsers and generators for Quicktime Media descriptors | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Menu (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Menu Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Menus (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the Menu Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Mlte (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the MultiLingual Text Editor. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.OSA (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Carbon OSA Library. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.OSAconst (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the Carbon OSA Library. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Qd (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the QuickDraw toolbox. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Qdoffs (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the QuickDraw Offscreen APIs. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.QDOffscreen (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the QuickDraw Offscreen APIs. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Qt (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the QuickTime toolbox. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.QuickDraw (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the QuickDraw toolbox. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.QuickTime (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the QuickTime toolbox. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Res (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Resource Manager and Handles. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Resources (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the Resource Manager and Handles. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Scrap (Mac) | Deprecated:
       The Scrap Manager provides basic services for implementing cut & paste and
clipboard operations. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Snd (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Sound Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Sound (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the Sound Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.TE (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to TextEdit. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.TextEdit (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to TextEdit. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Win (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the Window Manager. | 
     
        | 
          
       Carbon.Windows (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constants for the interface to the Window Manager. | 
     
        | 
       
       cd (IRIX) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the CD-ROM on Silicon Graphics systems. | 
     
        | 
       
       cfmfile (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Code Fragment Resource module. | 
     
        | 
       
       cgi | 
       Helpers for running Python scripts via the Common Gateway Interface. | 
     
        | 
       
       CGIHTTPServer | 
       This module provides a request handler for HTTP servers which can run CGI
scripts. | 
     
        | 
       
       cgitb | 
       Configurable traceback handler for CGI scripts. | 
     
        | 
       
       chunk | 
       Module to read IFF chunks. | 
     
        | 
       
       cmath | 
       Mathematical functions for complex numbers. | 
     
        | 
       
       cmd | 
       Build line-oriented command interpreters. | 
     
        | 
       
       code | 
       Facilities to implement read-eval-print loops. | 
     
        | 
       
       codecs | 
       Encode and decode data and streams. | 
     
        | 
       
       codeop | 
       Compile (possibly incomplete) Python code. | 
     
        | 
       
       collections | 
       High-performance datatypes | 
     
        | 
       
       ColorPicker (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to the standard color selection dialog. | 
     
        | 
       
       colorsys | 
       Conversion functions between RGB and other color systems. | 
     
        | 
       
       commands (Unix) | Deprecated:
       Utility functions for running external commands. | 
     
        | 
       
       compileall | 
       Tools for byte-compiling all Python source files in a directory tree. | 
     
         | 
       
       compiler | Deprecated:
       Python code compiler written in Python. | 
     
        | 
          
       compiler.ast | 
        | 
     
        | 
          
       compiler.visitor | 
        | 
     
        | 
       
       ConfigParser | 
       Configuration file parser. | 
     
        | 
       
       contextlib | 
       Utilities for with-statement contexts. | 
     
        | 
       
       Cookie | 
       Support for HTTP state management (cookies). | 
     
        | 
       
       cookielib | 
       Classes for automatic handling of HTTP cookies. | 
     
        | 
       
       copy | 
       Shallow and deep copy operations. | 
     
        | 
       
       copy_reg | 
       Register pickle support functions. | 
     
        | 
       
       cPickle | 
       Faster version of pickle, but not subclassable. | 
     
        | 
       
       cProfile | 
        | 
     
        | 
       
       crypt (Unix) | 
       The crypt() function used to check Unix passwords. | 
     
        | 
       
       cStringIO | 
       Faster version of StringIO, but not subclassable. | 
     
        | 
       
       csv | 
       Write and read tabular data to and from delimited files. | 
     
        | 
       
       ctypes | 
       A foreign function library for Python. | 
     
         | 
       
       curses (Unix) | 
       An interface to the curses library, providing portable terminal
handling. | 
     
        | 
          
       curses.ascii | 
       Constants and set-membership functions for ASCII characters. | 
     
        | 
          
       curses.panel | 
       A panel stack extension that adds depth to  curses windows. | 
     
        | 
          
       curses.textpad | 
       Emacs-like input editing in a curses window. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       d |  | 
     
        | 
       
       datetime | 
       Basic date and time types. | 
     
        | 
       
       dbhash | 
       DBM-style interface to the BSD database library. | 
     
        | 
       
       dbm (Unix) | 
       The standard "database" interface, based on ndbm. | 
     
        | 
       
       decimal | 
       Implementation of the General Decimal Arithmetic  Specification. | 
     
        | 
       
       DEVICE (IRIX) | Deprecated:
       Constants used with the gl module. | 
     
        | 
       
       difflib | 
       Helpers for computing differences between objects. | 
     
        | 
       
       dircache | Deprecated:
       Return directory listing, with cache mechanism. | 
     
        | 
       
       dis | 
       Disassembler for Python bytecode. | 
     
         | 
       
       distutils | 
       Support for building and installing Python modules into an existing Python
installation. | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.archive_util | 
       Utility functions for creating archive files (tarballs, zip files, ...) | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.bcppcompiler | 
        | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.ccompiler | 
       Abstract CCompiler class | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.cmd | 
       This module provides the abstract base class Command. This class
is subclassed by the modules in the distutils.command subpackage. | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command | 
       This subpackage contains one module for each standard Distutils command. | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.bdist | 
       Build a binary installer for a package | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.bdist_dumb | 
       Build a "dumb" installer - a simple archive of files | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.bdist_msi | 
       Build a binary distribution as a Windows MSI file | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.bdist_packager | 
       Abstract base class for packagers | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.bdist_rpm | 
       Build a binary distribution as a Redhat RPM and SRPM | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.bdist_wininst | 
       Build a Windows installer | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.build | 
       Build all files of a package | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.build_clib | 
       Build any C libraries in a package | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.build_ext | 
       Build any extensions in a package | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.build_py | 
       Build the .py/.pyc files of a package | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.build_scripts | 
       Build the scripts of a package | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.check | 
       Check the metadata of a package | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.clean | 
       Clean a package build area | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.config | 
       Perform package configuration | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.install | 
       Install a package | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.install_data | 
       Install data files from a package | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.install_headers | 
       Install C/C++ header files from a package | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.install_lib | 
       Install library files from a package | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.install_scripts | 
       Install script files from a package | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.register | 
       Register a module with the Python Package Index | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.command.sdist | 
       Build a source distribution | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.core | 
       The core Distutils functionality | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.cygwinccompiler | 
        | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.debug | 
       Provides the debug flag for distutils | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.dep_util | 
       Utility functions for simple dependency checking | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.dir_util | 
       Utility functions for operating on directories and directory trees | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.dist | 
       Provides the Distribution class, which represents the module distribution being
built/installed/distributed | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.emxccompiler | 
       OS/2 EMX Compiler support | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.errors | 
       Provides standard distutils exceptions | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.extension | 
       Provides the Extension class, used to describe C/C++ extension modules in setup
scripts | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.fancy_getopt | 
       Additional getopt functionality | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.file_util | 
       Utility functions for operating on single files | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.filelist | 
       The FileList class, used for poking about the file system and
building lists of files. | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.log | 
       A simple logging mechanism, 282-style | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.msvccompiler | 
       Microsoft Compiler | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.spawn | 
       Provides the spawn() function | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.sysconfig | 
       Low-level access to configuration information of the Python interpreter. | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.text_file | 
       provides the TextFile class, a simple interface to text files | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.unixccompiler | 
       UNIX C Compiler | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.util | 
       Miscellaneous other utility functions | 
     
        | 
          
       distutils.version | 
       implements classes that represent module version numbers. | 
     
        | 
       
       dl (Unix) | Deprecated:
       Call C functions in shared objects. | 
     
        | 
       
       doctest | 
       Test pieces of code within docstrings. | 
     
        | 
       
       DocXMLRPCServer | 
       Self-documenting XML-RPC server implementation. | 
     
        | 
       
       dumbdbm | 
       Portable implementation of the simple DBM interface. | 
     
        | 
       
       dummy_thread | 
       Drop-in replacement for the thread module. | 
     
        | 
       
       dummy_threading | 
       Drop-in replacement for the threading module. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       e |  | 
     
        | 
       
       EasyDialogs (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Basic Macintosh dialogs. | 
     
         | 
       
       email | 
       Package supporting the parsing, manipulating, and generating email messages,
including MIME documents. | 
     
        | 
          
       email.charset | 
       Character Sets | 
     
        | 
          
       email.encoders | 
       Encoders for email message payloads. | 
     
        | 
          
       email.errors | 
       The exception classes used by the email package. | 
     
        | 
          
       email.generator | 
       Generate flat text email messages from a message structure. | 
     
        | 
          
       email.header | 
       Representing non-ASCII headers | 
     
        | 
          
       email.iterators | 
       Iterate over a  message object tree. | 
     
        | 
          
       email.message | 
       The base class representing email messages. | 
     
        | 
          
       email.mime | 
       Build MIME messages. | 
     
        | 
          
       email.parser | 
       Parse flat text email messages to produce a message object structure. | 
     
        | 
          
       email.utils | 
       Miscellaneous email package utilities. | 
     
         | 
       
       encodings | 
        | 
     
        | 
          
       encodings.idna | 
       Internationalized Domain Names implementation | 
     
        | 
          
       encodings.utf_8_sig | 
       UTF-8 codec with BOM signature | 
     
        | 
       
       errno | 
       Standard errno system symbols. | 
     
        | 
       
       exceptions | 
       Standard exception classes. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       f |  | 
     
        | 
       
       fcntl (Unix) | 
       The fcntl() and ioctl() system calls. | 
     
        | 
       
       filecmp | 
       Compare files efficiently. | 
     
        | 
       
       fileinput | 
       Loop over standard input or a list of files. | 
     
        | 
       
       findertools (Mac) | 
       Wrappers around the finder's Apple Events interface. | 
     
        | 
       
       FL (IRIX) | Deprecated:
       Constants used with the fl module. | 
     
        | 
       
       fl (IRIX) | Deprecated:
       FORMS library for applications with graphical user interfaces. | 
     
        | 
       
       flp (IRIX) | Deprecated:
       Functions for loading stored FORMS designs. | 
     
        | 
       
       fm (IRIX) | Deprecated:
       Font Manager interface for SGI workstations. | 
     
        | 
       
       fnmatch | 
       Unix shell style filename pattern matching. | 
     
        | 
       
       formatter | 
       Generic output formatter and device interface. | 
     
        | 
       
       fpectl (Unix) | 
       Provide control for floating point exception handling. | 
     
        | 
       
       fpformat | Deprecated:
       General floating point formatting functions. | 
     
        | 
       
       fractions | 
       Rational numbers. | 
     
        | 
       
       FrameWork (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interactive application framework. | 
     
        | 
       
       ftplib | 
       FTP protocol client (requires sockets). | 
     
        | 
       
       functools | 
       Higher-order functions and operations on callable objects. | 
     
        | 
       
       future_builtins | 
        | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       g |  | 
     
        | 
       
       gc | 
       Interface to the cycle-detecting garbage collector. | 
     
        | 
       
       gdbm (Unix) | 
       GNU's reinterpretation of dbm. | 
     
        | 
       
       gensuitemodule (Mac) | 
       Create a stub package from an OSA dictionary | 
     
        | 
       
       getopt | 
       Portable parser for command line options; support both short and long option
names. | 
     
        | 
       
       getpass | 
       Portable reading of passwords and retrieval of the userid. | 
     
        | 
       
       gettext | 
       Multilingual internationalization services. | 
     
        | 
       
       gl (IRIX) | Deprecated:
       Functions from the Silicon Graphics Graphics Library. | 
     
        | 
       
       GL (IRIX) | Deprecated:
       Constants used with the gl module. | 
     
        | 
       
       glob | 
       Unix shell style pathname pattern expansion. | 
     
        | 
       
       grp (Unix) | 
       The group database (getgrnam() and friends). | 
     
        | 
       
       gzip | 
       Interfaces for gzip compression and decompression using file objects. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       h |  | 
     
        | 
       
       hashlib | 
       Secure hash and message digest algorithms. | 
     
        | 
       
       heapq | 
       Heap queue algorithm (a.k.a. priority queue). | 
     
        | 
       
       hmac | 
       Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication (HMAC) implementation for Python. | 
     
         | 
       
       hotshot | 
       High performance logging profiler, mostly written in C. | 
     
        | 
          
       hotshot.stats | 
       Statistical analysis for Hotshot | 
     
        | 
       
       htmlentitydefs | 
       Definitions of HTML general entities. | 
     
        | 
       
       htmllib | Deprecated:
       A parser for HTML documents. | 
     
        | 
       
       HTMLParser | 
       A simple parser that can handle HTML and XHTML. | 
     
        | 
       
       httplib | 
       HTTP and HTTPS protocol client (requires sockets). | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       i |  | 
     
        | 
       
       ic (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Access to the Mac OS X Internet Config. | 
     
        | 
       
       icopen (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Internet Config replacement for open(). | 
     
        | 
       
       imageop | Deprecated:
       Manipulate raw image data. | 
     
        | 
       
       imaplib | 
       IMAP4 protocol client (requires sockets). | 
     
        | 
       
       imgfile (IRIX) | Deprecated:
       Support for SGI imglib files. | 
     
        | 
       
       imghdr | 
       Determine the type of image contained in a file or byte stream. | 
     
        | 
       
       imp | 
       Access the implementation of the import statement. | 
     
        | 
       
       importlib | 
       Convenience wrappers for __import__ | 
     
        | 
       
       imputil | Deprecated:
       Manage and augment the import process. | 
     
        | 
       
       inspect | 
       Extract information and source code from live objects. | 
     
        | 
       
       io | 
       Core tools for working with streams. | 
     
        | 
       
       itertools | 
       Functions creating iterators for efficient looping. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       j |  | 
     
        | 
       
       jpeg (IRIX) | Deprecated:
       Read and write image files in compressed JPEG format. | 
     
        | 
       
       json | 
       Encode and decode the JSON format. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       k |  | 
     
        | 
       
       keyword | 
       Test whether a string is a keyword in Python. | 
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       l |  | 
     
        | 
       
       lib2to3 | 
       the 2to3 library | 
     
        | 
       
       linecache | 
       This module provides random access to individual lines from text files. | 
     
        | 
       
       locale | 
       Internationalization services. | 
     
         | 
       
       logging | 
       Flexible event logging system for applications. | 
     
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       logging.config | 
       Configuration of the logging module. | 
     
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       logging.handlers | 
       Handlers for the logging module. | 
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       m |  | 
     
        | 
       
       macerrors (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Constant definitions for many Mac OS error codes. | 
     
        | 
       
       MacOS (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Access to Mac OS-specific interpreter features. | 
     
        | 
       
       macostools (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Convenience routines for file manipulation. | 
     
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       macpath | 
       Mac OS 9 path manipulation functions. | 
     
        | 
       
       macresource (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Locate script resources. | 
     
        | 
       
       mailbox | 
       Manipulate mailboxes in various formats | 
     
        | 
       
       mailcap | 
       Mailcap file handling. | 
     
        | 
       
       marshal | 
       Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back (with different
constraints). | 
     
        | 
       
       math | 
       Mathematical functions (sin() etc.). | 
     
        | 
       
       md5 | Deprecated:
       RSA's MD5 message digest algorithm. | 
     
        | 
       
       mhlib | Deprecated:
       Manipulate MH mailboxes from Python. | 
     
        | 
       
       mimetools | Deprecated:
       Tools for parsing MIME-style message bodies. | 
     
        | 
       
       mimetypes | 
       Mapping of filename extensions to MIME types. | 
     
        | 
       
       MimeWriter | Deprecated:
       Write MIME format files. | 
     
        | 
       
       mimify | Deprecated:
       Mimification and unmimification of mail messages. | 
     
        | 
       
       MiniAEFrame (Mac) | 
       Support to act as an Open Scripting Architecture (OSA) server ("Apple Events"). | 
     
        | 
       
       mmap | 
       Interface to memory-mapped files for Unix and Windows. | 
     
        | 
       
       modulefinder | 
       Find modules used by a script. | 
     
        | 
       
       msilib (Windows) | 
       Creation of Microsoft Installer files, and CAB files. | 
     
        | 
       
       msvcrt (Windows) | 
       Miscellaneous useful routines from the MS VC++ runtime. | 
     
        | 
       
       multifile | Deprecated:
       Support for reading files which contain distinct parts, such as some MIME data. | 
     
         | 
       
       multiprocessing | 
       Process-based "threading" interface. | 
     
        | 
          
       multiprocessing.connection | 
       API for dealing with sockets. | 
     
        | 
          
       multiprocessing.dummy | 
       Dumb wrapper around threading. | 
     
        | 
          
       multiprocessing.managers | 
       Share data between process with shared objects. | 
     
        | 
          
       multiprocessing.pool | 
       Create pools of processes. | 
     
        | 
          
       multiprocessing.sharedctypes | 
       Allocate ctypes objects from shared memory. | 
     
        | 
       
       mutex | Deprecated:
       Lock and queue for mutual exclusion. | 
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      | 
       n |  | 
     
        | 
       
       Nav (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Interface to Navigation Services. | 
     
        | 
       
       netrc | 
       Loading of .netrc files. | 
     
        | 
       
       new | Deprecated:
       Interface to the creation of runtime implementation objects. | 
     
        | 
       
       nis (Unix) | 
       Interface to Sun's NIS (Yellow Pages) library. | 
     
        | 
       
       nntplib | 
       NNTP protocol client (requires sockets). | 
     
        | 
       
       numbers | 
       Numeric abstract base classes (Complex, Real, Integral, etc.). | 
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      | 
       o |  | 
     
        | 
       
       operator | 
       Functions corresponding to the standard operators. | 
     
        | 
       
       optparse | Deprecated:
       Command-line option parsing library. | 
     
         | 
       
       os | 
       Miscellaneous operating system interfaces. | 
     
        | 
          
       os.path | 
       Operations on pathnames. | 
     
        | 
       
       ossaudiodev (Linux, FreeBSD) | 
       Access to OSS-compatible audio devices. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       p |  | 
     
        | 
       
       parser | 
       Access parse trees for Python source code. | 
     
        | 
       
       pdb | 
       The Python debugger for interactive interpreters. | 
     
        | 
       
       pickle | 
       Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back. | 
     
        | 
       
       pickletools | 
       Contains extensive comments about the pickle protocols and pickle-machine
opcodes, as well as some useful functions. | 
     
        | 
       
       pipes (Unix) | 
       A Python interface to Unix shell pipelines. | 
     
        | 
       
       PixMapWrapper (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Wrapper for PixMap objects. | 
     
        | 
       
       pkgutil | 
       Utilities for the import system. | 
     
        | 
       
       platform | 
       Retrieves as much platform identifying data as possible. | 
     
        | 
       
       plistlib | 
       Generate and parse Mac OS X plist files. | 
     
        | 
       
       popen2 | Deprecated:
       Subprocesses with accessible standard I/O streams. | 
     
        | 
       
       poplib | 
       POP3 protocol client (requires sockets). | 
     
        | 
       
       posix (Unix) | 
       The most common POSIX system calls (normally used via module os). | 
     
        | 
       
       posixfile (Unix) | Deprecated:
       A file-like object with support for locking. | 
     
        | 
       
       pprint | 
       Data pretty printer. | 
     
        | 
       
       profile | 
       Python source profiler. | 
     
        | 
       
       pstats | 
       Statistics object for use with the profiler. | 
     
        | 
       
       pty (Linux) | 
       Pseudo-Terminal Handling for Linux. | 
     
        | 
       
       pwd (Unix) | 
       The password database (getpwnam() and friends). | 
     
        | 
       
       py_compile | 
       Generate byte-code files from Python source files. | 
     
        | 
       
       pyclbr | 
       Supports information extraction for a Python class browser. | 
     
        | 
       
       pydoc | 
       Documentation generator and online help system. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       q |  | 
     
        | 
       
       Queue | 
       A synchronized queue class. | 
     
        | 
       
       quopri | 
       Encode and decode files using the MIME quoted-printable encoding. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       r |  | 
     
        | 
       
       random | 
       Generate pseudo-random numbers with various common distributions. | 
     
        | 
       
       re | 
       Regular expression operations. | 
     
        | 
       
       readline (Unix) | 
       GNU readline support for Python. | 
     
        | 
       
       resource (Unix) | 
       An interface to provide resource usage information on the current process. | 
     
        | 
       
       rexec | Deprecated:
       Basic restricted execution framework. | 
     
        | 
       
       rfc822 | Deprecated:
       Parse 2822 style mail messages. | 
     
        | 
       
       rlcompleter | 
       Python identifier completion, suitable for the GNU readline library. | 
     
        | 
       
       robotparser | 
       Loads a robots.txt file and answers questions about
fetchability of other URLs. | 
     
        | 
       
       runpy | 
       Locate and run Python modules without importing them first. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       s |  | 
     
        | 
       
       sched | 
       General purpose event scheduler. | 
     
        | 
       
       ScrolledText (Tk) | 
       Text widget with a vertical scroll bar. | 
     
        | 
       
       select | 
       Wait for I/O completion on multiple streams. | 
     
        | 
       
       sets | Deprecated:
       Implementation of sets of unique elements. | 
     
        | 
       
       sgmllib | Deprecated:
       Only as much of an SGML parser as needed to parse HTML. | 
     
        | 
       
       sha | Deprecated:
       NIST's secure hash algorithm, SHA. | 
     
        | 
       
       shelve | 
       Python object persistence. | 
     
        | 
       
       shlex | 
       Simple lexical analysis for Unix shell-like languages. | 
     
        | 
       
       shutil | 
       High-level file operations, including copying. | 
     
        | 
       
       signal | 
       Set handlers for asynchronous events. | 
     
        | 
       
       SimpleHTTPServer | 
       This module provides a basic request handler for HTTP servers. | 
     
        | 
       
       SimpleXMLRPCServer | 
       Basic XML-RPC server implementation. | 
     
        | 
       
       site | 
       Module responsible for site-specific configuration. | 
     
        | 
       
       smtpd | 
       A SMTP server implementation in Python. | 
     
        | 
       
       smtplib | 
       SMTP protocol client (requires sockets). | 
     
        | 
       
       sndhdr | 
       Determine type of a sound file. | 
     
        | 
       
       socket | 
       Low-level networking interface. | 
     
        | 
       
       SocketServer | 
       A framework for network servers. | 
     
        | 
       
       spwd (Unix) | 
       The shadow password database (getspnam() and friends). | 
     
        | 
       
       sqlite3 | 
       A DB-API 2.0 implementation using SQLite 3.x. | 
     
        | 
       
       ssl | 
       TLS/SSL wrapper for socket objects | 
     
        | 
       
       stat | 
       Utilities for interpreting the results of os.stat(), os.lstat() and os.fstat(). | 
     
        | 
       
       statvfs | Deprecated:
       Constants for interpreting the result of os.statvfs(). | 
     
        | 
       
       string | 
       Common string operations. | 
     
        | 
       
       StringIO | 
       Read and write strings as if they were files. | 
     
        | 
       
       stringprep | 
       String preparation, as per RFC 3453 | 
     
        | 
       
       struct | 
       Interpret strings as packed binary data. | 
     
        | 
       
       subprocess | 
       Subprocess management. | 
     
        | 
       
       sunau | 
       Provide an interface to the Sun AU sound format. | 
     
        | 
       
       sunaudiodev (SunOS) | Deprecated:
       Access to Sun audio hardware. | 
     
        | 
       
       SUNAUDIODEV (SunOS) | Deprecated:
       Constants for use with sunaudiodev. | 
     
        | 
       
       symbol | 
       Constants representing internal nodes of the parse tree. | 
     
        | 
       
       symtable | 
       Interface to the compiler's internal symbol tables. | 
     
        | 
       
       sys | 
       Access system-specific parameters and functions. | 
     
        | 
       
       sysconfig | 
       Python's configuration information | 
     
        | 
       
       syslog (Unix) | 
       An interface to the Unix syslog library routines. | 
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      | 
       t |  | 
     
        | 
       
       tabnanny | 
       Tool for detecting white space related problems in Python source files in a
directory tree. | 
     
        | 
       
       tarfile | 
       Read and write tar-format archive files. | 
     
        | 
       
       telnetlib | 
       Telnet client class. | 
     
        | 
       
       tempfile | 
       Generate temporary files and directories. | 
     
        | 
       
       termios (Unix) | 
       POSIX style tty control. | 
     
         | 
       
       test | 
       Regression tests package containing the testing suite for Python. | 
     
        | 
          
       test.test_support | 
       Support for Python regression tests. | 
     
        | 
       
       textwrap | 
       Text wrapping and filling | 
     
        | 
       
       thread | 
       Create multiple threads of control within one interpreter. | 
     
        | 
       
       threading | 
       Higher-level threading interface. | 
     
        | 
       
       time | 
       Time access and conversions. | 
     
        | 
       
       timeit | 
       Measure the execution time of small code snippets. | 
     
        | 
       
       Tix | 
       Tk Extension Widgets for Tkinter | 
     
        | 
       
       Tkinter | 
       Interface to Tcl/Tk for graphical user interfaces | 
     
        | 
       
       token | 
       Constants representing terminal nodes of the parse tree. | 
     
        | 
       
       tokenize | 
       Lexical scanner for Python source code. | 
     
        | 
       
       trace | 
       Trace or track Python statement execution. | 
     
        | 
       
       traceback | 
       Print or retrieve a stack traceback. | 
     
        | 
       
       ttk | 
       Tk themed widget set | 
     
        | 
       
       tty (Unix) | 
       Utility functions that perform common terminal control operations. | 
     
        | 
       
       turtle | 
       Turtle graphics for Tk | 
     
        | 
       
       types | 
       Names for built-in types. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       u |  | 
     
        | 
       
       unicodedata | 
       Access the Unicode Database. | 
     
        | 
       
       unittest | 
       Unit testing framework for Python. | 
     
        | 
       
       urllib | 
       Open an arbitrary network resource by URL (requires sockets). | 
     
        | 
       
       urllib2 | 
       Next generation URL opening library. | 
     
        | 
       
       urlparse | 
       Parse URLs into or assemble them from components. | 
     
        | 
       
       user | Deprecated:
       A standard way to reference user-specific modules. | 
     
        | 
       
       UserDict | 
       Class wrapper for dictionary objects. | 
     
        | 
       
       UserList | 
       Class wrapper for list objects. | 
     
        | 
       
       UserString | 
       Class wrapper for string objects. | 
     
        | 
       
       uu | 
       Encode and decode files in uuencode format. | 
     
        | 
       
       uuid | 
       UUID objects (universally unique identifiers) according to RFC 4122 | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       v |  | 
     
        | 
       
       videoreader (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Read QuickTime movies frame by frame for further processing. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       w |  | 
     
        | 
       
       W (Mac) | Deprecated:
       Widgets for the Mac, built on top of FrameWork. | 
     
        | 
       
       warnings | 
       Issue warning messages and control their disposition. | 
     
        | 
       
       wave | 
       Provide an interface to the WAV sound format. | 
     
        | 
       
       weakref | 
       Support for weak references and weak dictionaries. | 
     
        | 
       
       webbrowser | 
       Easy-to-use controller for Web browsers. | 
     
        | 
       
       whichdb | 
       Guess which DBM-style module created a given database. | 
     
        | 
       
       winsound (Windows) | 
       Access to the sound-playing machinery for Windows. | 
     
         | 
       
       wsgiref | 
       WSGI Utilities and Reference Implementation. | 
     
        | 
          
       wsgiref.handlers | 
       WSGI server/gateway base classes. | 
     
        | 
          
       wsgiref.headers | 
       WSGI response header tools. | 
     
        | 
          
       wsgiref.simple_server | 
       A simple WSGI HTTP server. | 
     
        | 
          
       wsgiref.util | 
       WSGI environment utilities. | 
     
        | 
          
       wsgiref.validate | 
       WSGI conformance checker. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       x |  | 
     
        | 
       
       xdrlib | 
       Encoders and decoders for the External Data Representation (XDR). | 
     
         | 
       
       xml | 
       Package containing XML processing modules | 
     
        | 
          
       xml.dom | 
       Document Object Model API for Python. | 
     
        | 
          
       xml.dom.minidom | 
       Minimal Document Object Model (DOM) implementation. | 
     
        | 
          
       xml.dom.pulldom | 
       Support for building partial DOM trees from SAX events. | 
     
        | 
          
       xml.etree.ElementTree | 
       Implementation of the ElementTree API. | 
     
        | 
          
       xml.parsers.expat | 
       An interface to the Expat non-validating XML parser. | 
     
        | 
          
       xml.sax | 
       Package containing SAX2 base classes and convenience functions. | 
     
        | 
          
       xml.sax.handler | 
       Base classes for SAX event handlers. | 
     
        | 
          
       xml.sax.saxutils | 
       Convenience functions and classes for use with SAX. | 
     
        | 
          
       xml.sax.xmlreader | 
       Interface which SAX-compliant XML parsers must implement. | 
     
        | 
       
       xmlrpclib | 
       XML-RPC client access. | 
      |   |  | 
      | 
       z |  | 
     
        | 
       
       zipfile | 
       Read and write ZIP-format archive files. | 
     
        | 
       
       zipimport | 
       support for importing Python modules from ZIP archives. | 
     
        | 
       
       zlib | 
       Low-level interface to compression and decompression routines compatible with
gzip. |