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  1. .. _library-index:
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  3. The Python Standard Library
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  5. :Release: |version|
  6. :Date: |today|
  7. While :ref:`reference-index` describes the exact syntax and
  8. semantics of the Python language, this library reference manual
  9. describes the standard library that is distributed with Python. It also
  10. describes some of the optional components that are commonly included
  11. in Python distributions.
  12. Python's standard library is very extensive, offering a wide range of
  13. facilities as indicated by the long table of contents listed below. The
  14. library contains built-in modules (written in C) that provide access to
  15. system functionality such as file I/O that would otherwise be
  16. inaccessible to Python programmers, as well as modules written in Python
  17. that provide standardized solutions for many problems that occur in
  18. everyday programming. Some of these modules are explicitly designed to
  19. encourage and enhance the portability of Python programs by abstracting
  20. away platform-specifics into platform-neutral APIs.
  21. The Python installers for the Windows platform usually includes
  22. the entire standard library and often also include many additional
  23. components. For Unix-like operating systems Python is normally provided
  24. as a collection of packages, so it may be necessary to use the packaging
  25. tools provided with the operating system to obtain some or all of the
  26. optional components.
  27. In addition to the standard library, there is a growing collection of
  28. several thousand components (from individual programs and modules to
  29. packages and entire application development frameworks), available from
  30. the `Python Package Index <http://pypi.python.org/pypi>`_.
  31. .. toctree::
  32. :maxdepth: 2
  33. :numbered:
  34. intro.rst
  35. functions.rst
  36. constants.rst
  37. objects.rst
  38. stdtypes.rst
  39. exceptions.rst
  40. strings.rst
  41. datatypes.rst
  42. numeric.rst
  43. filesys.rst
  44. persistence.rst
  45. archiving.rst
  46. fileformats.rst
  47. crypto.rst
  48. allos.rst
  49. someos.rst
  50. ipc.rst
  51. netdata.rst
  52. markup.rst
  53. internet.rst
  54. mm.rst
  55. i18n.rst
  56. frameworks.rst
  57. tk.rst
  58. development.rst
  59. debug.rst
  60. python.rst
  61. custominterp.rst
  62. restricted.rst
  63. modules.rst
  64. language.rst
  65. compiler.rst
  66. misc.rst
  67. windows.rst
  68. unix.rst
  69. mac.rst
  70. macosa.rst
  71. sgi.rst
  72. sun.rst
  73. undoc.rst