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.. _undoc:
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Undocumented Modules
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Here's a quick listing of modules that are currently undocumented, but that
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should be documented. Feel free to contribute documentation for them! (Send
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via email to docs@python.org.)
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The idea and original contents for this chapter were taken from a posting by
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Fredrik Lundh; the specific contents of this chapter have been substantially
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revised.
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Platform specific modules
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=========================
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These modules are used to implement the :mod:`os.path` module, and are not
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documented beyond this mention. There's little need to document these.
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:mod:`ntpath`
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--- Implementation of :mod:`os.path` on Win32, Win64, WinCE, and OS/2 platforms.
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:mod:`posixpath`
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--- Implementation of :mod:`os.path` on POSIX.
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Multimedia
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==========
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:mod:`linuxaudiodev`
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--- Play audio data on the Linux audio device. Replaced in Python 2.3 by the
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:mod:`ossaudiodev` module.
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:mod:`sunaudio`
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--- Interpret Sun audio headers (may become obsolete or a tool/demo).
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.. _obsolete-modules:
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Obsolete
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========
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These modules are not normally available for import; additional work must be
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done to make them available.
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These extension modules written in C are not built by default. Under Unix, these
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must be enabled by uncommenting the appropriate lines in :file:`Modules/Setup`
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in the build tree and either rebuilding Python if the modules are statically
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linked, or building and installing the shared object if using dynamically-loaded
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extensions.
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.. XXX new explanation of lib-old necessary
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Those which are written in Python will be installed into the directory
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\file{lib-old/} installed as part of the standard library. To use
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these, the directory must be added to \code{sys.path}, possibly using
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\envvar{PYTHONPATH}.
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:mod:`timing`
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--- Measure time intervals to high resolution (use :func:`time.clock` instead).
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SGI-specific Extension modules
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==============================
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The following are SGI specific, and may be out of touch with the current version
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of reality.
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:mod:`cl`
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--- Interface to the SGI compression library.
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:mod:`sv`
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--- Interface to the "simple video" board on SGI Indigo (obsolete hardware).
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