Remove the lib-old modules from Doc/lib/libundoc.tex.

Now only Modules/timingmodule.c is left. Should that be removed, too?
(dito for clmodule and svmodule)
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Georg Brandl 2006-03-17 18:47:14 +00:00
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\begin{description}
\item[\module{ntpath}]
--- Implementation of \module{os.path} on Win32, Win64, WinCE, and
OS/2 platforms.
OS/2 platforms.
\item[\module{posixpath}]
--- Implementation of \module{os.path} on \POSIX.
\item[\module{bsddb185}]
--- Backwards compatibility module for systems which still use the Berkeley
DB 1.85 module. It is normally only available on certain BSD Unix-based
systems. It should never be used directly.
DB 1.85 module. It is normally only available on certain BSD Unix-based
systems. It should never be used directly.
\end{description}
@ -62,14 +62,14 @@ systems. It should never be used directly.
\item[\module{linuxaudiodev}]
--- Play audio data on the Linux audio device. Replaced in Python 2.3
by the \module{ossaudiodev} module.
by the \module{ossaudiodev} module.
\item[\module{sunaudio}]
--- Interpret Sun audio headers (may become obsolete or a tool/demo).
\item[\module{toaiff}]
--- Convert "arbitrary" sound files to AIFF files; should probably
become a tool or demo. Requires the external program \program{sox}.
become a tool or demo. Requires the external program \program{sox}.
\end{description}
@ -78,12 +78,13 @@ become a tool or demo. Requires the external program \program{sox}.
These modules are not normally available for import; additional work
must be done to make them available.
Those which are written in Python will be installed into the directory
\file{lib-old/} installed as part of the standard library. To use
these, the directory must be added to \code{sys.path}, possibly using
\envvar{PYTHONPATH}.
%%% lib-old is empty as of Python 2.5
% Those which are written in Python will be installed into the directory
% \file{lib-old/} installed as part of the standard library. To use
% these, the directory must be added to \code{sys.path}, possibly using
% \envvar{PYTHONPATH}.
Obsolete extension modules written in C are not built by default.
These extension modules written in C are not built by default.
Under \UNIX, these must be enabled by uncommenting the appropriate
lines in \file{Modules/Setup} in the build tree and either rebuilding
Python if the modules are statically linked, or building and
@ -92,110 +93,11 @@ installing the shared object if using dynamically-loaded extensions.
% XXX need Windows instructions!
\begin{description}
\item[\module{addpack}]
--- Alternate approach to packages. Use the built-in package support
instead.
\item[\module{cmp}]
--- File comparison function. Use the newer \refmodule{filecmp} instead.
\item[\module{cmpcache}]
--- Caching version of the obsolete \module{cmp} module. Use the
newer \refmodule{filecmp} instead.
\item[\module{codehack}]
--- Extract function name or line number from a function
code object (these are now accessible as attributes:
\member{co.co_name}, \member{func.func_name},
\member{co.co_firstlineno}).
\item[\module{dircmp}]
--- Class to build directory diff tools on (may become a demo or tool).
\deprecated{2.0}{The \refmodule{filecmp} module replaces
\module{dircmp}.}
\item[\module{dump}]
--- Print python code that reconstructs a variable.
\item[\module{fmt}]
--- Text formatting abstractions (too slow).
\item[\module{lockfile}]
--- Wrapper around FCNTL file locking (use
\function{fcntl.lockf()}/\function{flock()} instead; see \refmodule{fcntl}).
\item[\module{newdir}]
--- New \function{dir()} function (the standard \function{dir()} is
now just as good).
\item[\module{Para}]
--- Helper for \module{fmt}.
\item[\module{poly}]
--- Polynomials.
\item[\module{rand}]
--- Old interface to the random number generator.
\item[\module{statcache}]
--- Caches the results of os.stat(). Using the cache can be fragile
and error-prone, just use \code{os.stat()} directly.
\item[\module{tb}]
--- Print tracebacks, with a dump of local variables (use
\function{pdb.pm()} or \refmodule{traceback} instead).
\item[\module{timing}]
--- Measure time intervals to high resolution (use
\function{time.clock()} instead). (This is an extension module.)
\item[\module{tzparse}]
--- Parse a timezone specification (unfinished; may disappear in the
future, and does not work when the \envvar{TZ} environment variable is
not set).
\item[\module{util}]
--- Useful functions that don't fit elsewhere.
\item[\module{whatsound}]
--- Recognize sound files; use \refmodule{sndhdr} instead.
\item[\module{whrandom}]
--- Old random number generator. Use \module{random} instead.
\item[\module{zmod}]
--- Compute properties of mathematical ``fields.''
--- Measure time intervals to high resolution (use \function{time.clock()}
instead).
\end{description}
The following modules are obsolete, but are likely to re-surface as
tools or scripts:
\begin{description}
\item[\module{find}]
--- Find files matching pattern in directory tree.
\item[\module{grep}]
--- \program{grep} implementation in Python.
\item[\module{packmail}]
--- Create a self-unpacking \UNIX{} shell archive.
\end{description}
The following modules were documented in previous versions of this
manual, but are now considered obsolete. The source for the
documentation is still available as part of the documentation source
archive.
\begin{description}
\item[\module{ni}]
--- Import modules in ``packages.'' Basic package support is now
built in. The built-in support is very similar to what is provided in
this module.
\end{description}
\section{SGI-specific Extension modules}
The following are SGI specific, and may be out of touch with the
@ -207,5 +109,5 @@ current version of reality.
\item[\module{sv}]
--- Interface to the ``simple video'' board on SGI Indigo
(obsolete hardware).
(obsolete hardware).
\end{description}