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- The Python Standard Library
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- :Release: |version|
- :Date: |today|
- While :ref:`reference-index` describes the exact syntax and
- semantics of the Python language, this library reference manual
- describes the standard library that is distributed with Python. It also
- describes some of the optional components that are commonly included
- in Python distributions.
- Python's standard library is very extensive, offering a wide range of
- facilities as indicated by the long table of contents listed below. The
- library contains built-in modules (written in C) that provide access to
- system functionality such as file I/O that would otherwise be
- inaccessible to Python programmers, as well as modules written in Python
- that provide standardized solutions for many problems that occur in
- everyday programming. Some of these modules are explicitly designed to
- encourage and enhance the portability of Python programs by abstracting
- away platform-specifics into platform-neutral APIs.
- The Python installers for the Windows platform usually includes
- the entire standard library and often also include many additional
- components. For Unix-like operating systems Python is normally provided
- as a collection of packages, so it may be necessary to use the packaging
- tools provided with the operating system to obtain some or all of the
- optional components.
- In addition to the standard library, there is a growing collection of
- several thousand components (from individual programs and modules to
- packages and entire application development frameworks), available from
- the `Python Package Index <http://pypi.python.org/pypi>`_.
- .. toctree::
- :maxdepth: 2
- :numbered:
- intro.rst
- functions.rst
- constants.rst
- objects.rst
- stdtypes.rst
- exceptions.rst
- strings.rst
- datatypes.rst
- numeric.rst
- filesys.rst
- persistence.rst
- archiving.rst
- fileformats.rst
- crypto.rst
- allos.rst
- someos.rst
- ipc.rst
- netdata.rst
- markup.rst
- internet.rst
- mm.rst
- i18n.rst
- frameworks.rst
- tk.rst
- development.rst
- debug.rst
- python.rst
- custominterp.rst
- restricted.rst
- modules.rst
- language.rst
- compiler.rst
- misc.rst
- windows.rst
- unix.rst
- mac.rst
- macosa.rst
- sgi.rst
- sun.rst
- undoc.rst