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abc |
Abstract Base Classes |
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anydbm |
anydbm provides a generic dictionary-like interface to DBM-style, string-keyed databases |
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argparse |
Command line option and argument parsing. |
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array |
Manage sequences of fixed-type numerical data efficiently. |
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asynchat |
Asynchronous protocol handler |
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asyncore |
Asynchronous I/O handler |
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atexit |
Register function(s) to be called when a program is closing down. |
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base64 |
Encode binary data into ASCII characters. |
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BaseHTTPServer |
Provides base classes for implementing web servers. |
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bisect |
Maintains a list in sorted order without having to call sort each time an item is added to the list. |
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bz2 |
bzip2 compression |
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calendar |
The calendar module implements classes for working with dates to manage year/month/week oriented values. |
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cgitb |
Mis-named module that provides extended traceback information. |
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cmd |
Create line-oriented command processors. |
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codecs |
String encoding and decoding. |
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collections |
Container data types. |
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commands |
Run external shell commands and capture the status code and output. |
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compileall |
Byte-compile Source Files |
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ConfigParser |
Read/write configuration files similar to Windows INI files |
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contextlib |
Utilities for creating and working with context managers. |
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Cookie |
Working with HTTP cookies from the server side. |
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copy |
Provides functions for duplicating objects using shallow or deep copy semantics. |
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cPickle |
Python object serialization |
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cProfile |
Performance analysis of Python programs. |
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cStringIO |
Work with text buffers using file-like API |
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csv |
Read and write comma separated value files. |
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datetime |
Date/time value manipulation. |
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dbhash |
DBM-style API for the BSD database library |
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dbm |
Simple database interface |
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decimal |
Fixed and floating point math |
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difflib |
Compare sequences, especially lines of text. |
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dircache |
Cache directory listings |
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dis |
Python Bytecode Disassembler |
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doctest |
Write automated tests as part of the documentation for a module. |
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dumbdbm |
Portable DBM Implementation |
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EasyDialogs |
Provides simple interfaces to Carbon dialogs from Python. |
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exceptions |
Built-in error classes |
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filecmp |
Compare files and directories on the filesystem. |
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fileinput |
Process lines from input streams. |
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fnmatch |
Compare filenames against Unix-style glob patterns. |
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fractions |
Implements a class for working with rational numbers. |
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functools |
Tools for working with functions. |
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gc |
Garbage Collector |
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gdbm |
GNU's version of the dbm library |
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getopt |
Command line option parsing |
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getpass |
Prompt the user for a value, usually a password, without echoing what they type to the console. |
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gettext |
Message Catalogs |
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glob |
Use Unix shell rules to fine filenames matching a pattern. |
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grp |
Unix Group Database |
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gzip |
Read and write gzip files |
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hashlib |
Cryptographic hashes and message digests |
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heapq |
In-place heap sort algorithm |
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hmac |
Cryptographic signature and verification of messages. |
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imaplib |
IMAP4 client library |
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imp |
Interface to module import mechanism. |
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inspect |
Inspect live objects |
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itertools |
Iterator functions for efficient looping |
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json |
JavaScript Object Notation Serializer |
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linecache |
Retrieve lines of text from files or imported python modules, holding a cache of the results to make reading many lines from the same file more efficient. |
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locale |
POSIX cultural localization API |
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logging |
Report status, error, and informational messages. |
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mailbox |
Access and manipulate email archives. |
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math |
Mathematical functions |
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mhlib |
Work with MH mailboxes |
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mmap |
Memory-map files |
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multiprocessing |
Manage processes like threads. |
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operator |
Functional interface to built-in operators |
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optparse |
Command line option parser to replace :mod:`getopt`. |
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os |
Portable access to operating system specific features. |
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os.path |
Platform-independent manipulation of file names. |
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pdb |
Interactive Debugger |
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pickle |
Python object serialization |
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pipes |
Unix shell command pipeline templates |
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pkgutil |
Package utilities |
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platform |
Access system hardware, OS, and interpreter version information. |
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plistlib |
Manipulate OS X property list files |
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pprint |
Pretty-print data structures |
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profile |
Performance analysis of Python programs. |
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pstats |
Manipulate and analyze profile statistics. |
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pwd |
Unix Password Database |
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pyclbr |
Python class browser support |
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pydoc |
Online help for Python modules |
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Queue |
Provides a thread-safe FIFO implementation |
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random |
Pseudorandom number generators |
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re |
Searching within and changing text using formal patterns. |
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readline |
Interface to the GNU readline library |
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resource |
System resource management |
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rlcompleter |
Adds tab-completion to the interactive interpreter |
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robotparser |
Internet spider access control |
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sched |
Generic event scheduler. |
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select |
Wait for I/O Efficiently |
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shelve |
Persistent storage of arbitrary Python objects |
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shlex |
Lexical analysis of shell-style syntaxes. |
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shutil |
High-level file operations. |
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signal |
Receive notification of asynchronous system events |
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SimpleXMLRPCServer |
Implements an XML-RPC server. |
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site |
Site-wide configuration |
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sitecustomize |
Site-specific configuration |
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smtpd |
Includes classes for implementing SMTP servers. |
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smtplib |
Simple mail transfer protocol client. |
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socket |
Network communication |
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SocketServer |
Creating network servers. |
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sqlite3 |
Embedded relational database |
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string |
Contains constants and classes for working with text. |
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StringIO |
Work with text buffers using file-like API |
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struct |
Convert between strings and binary data. |
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subprocess |
Work with additional processes |
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sys |
System-specific configuration |
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sysconfig |
Interpreter Compile-time Configuration |
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tabnanny |
Scan Python source code looking for suspicious indentation. |
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tarfile |
Tar archive access |
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tempfile |
Create temporary filesystem resources. |
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textwrap |
Formatting text by adjusting where line breaks occur in a paragraph. |
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threading |
Manage several concurrent threads of execution. |
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time |
Functions for manipulating clock time |
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timeit |
Time the execution of small bits of Python code. |
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trace |
Follow Python statements as they are executed. |
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traceback |
Extract, format, and print exceptions and stack traces. |
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unittest |
Automated testing framework |
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urllib |
Accessing remote resources that don't need authentication, cookies, etc. |
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urllib2 |
Library for opening URLs. |
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urlparse |
Split URL into component pieces. |
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usercustomize |
User-specific configuration |
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uuid |
Universally unique identifiers |
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warnings |
Deliver non-fatal alerts to the user about issues encountered when running a program. |
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weakref |
Refer to an "expensive" object, but allow it to be garbage collected if there are no other non-weak references. |
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webbrowser |
Displays web pages |
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whichdb |
Identify DBM-style database formats |
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xml |
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xml.etree.ElementTree |
XML Manipulation API |
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xmlrpclib |
Client-side library for XML-RPC communication. |
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zipfile |
Read and write ZIP archive files. |
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zipimport |
Load Python code from inside ZIP archives. |
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zlib |
Low-level access to GNU zlib compression library |
