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80 lines
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\chapter{Python Services}
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\label{python}
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The modules described in this chapter provide a wide range of services
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related to the Python interpreter and its interaction with its
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environment. Here's an overview:
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\begin{description}
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\item[sys]
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--- Access system specific parameters and functions.
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\item[types]
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--- Names for all built-in types.
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\item[UserDict]
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\item[UserList]
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--- Class wrappers for dictionary and list objects.
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\item[operator]
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--- All python's standard operators as built-in functions.
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\item[traceback]
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--- Print or retrieve a stack traceback.
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\item[pickle]
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--- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back.
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\item[copy_reg]
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--- Register \module{pickle} support functions.
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\item[shelve]
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--- Python object persistency.
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\item[copy]
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--- Shallow and deep copy operations.
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\item[marshal]
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--- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back (with
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different constraints).
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\item[imp]
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--- Access the implementation of the \keyword{import} statement.
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\item[parser]
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--- Retrieve and submit parse trees from and to the runtime support
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environment.
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\item[symbol]
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--- Constants representing internal nodes of the parse tree.
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\item[token]
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--- Constants representing terminal nodes of the parse tree.
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\item[keyword]
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--- Test whether a string is a keyword in the Python language.
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\item[code]
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--- Code object services.
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\item[pprint]
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--- Data pretty printer.
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\item[dis]
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--- Disassembler.
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\item[site]
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--- A standard way to reference site-specific modules.
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\item[user]
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--- A standard way to reference user-specific modules.
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\item[__builtin__]
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--- The set of built-in functions.
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\item[__main__]
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--- The environment where the top-level script is run.
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\end{description}
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