Doc/libintro.tex

   1 \chapter{Introduction}
   2
   3 The Python library consists of three parts, with different levels of
   4 integration with the interpreter.
   5 Closest to the interpreter are built-in types, exceptions and functions.
   6 Next are built-in modules, which are written in \C{} and linked statically
   7 with the interpreter.
   8 Finally there are standard modules that are implemented entirely in
   9 Python, but are always available.
  10 For efficiency, some standard modules may become built-in modules in
  11 future versions of the interpreter.
  12 \indexii{built-in}{types}
  13 \indexii{built-in}{exceptions}
  14 \indexii{built-in}{functions}
  15 \indexii{built-in}{modules}
  16 \indexii{standard}{modules}
  17 \indexii{\C{}}{language}