Doc/lib/libpython.tex

   1 \chapter{Python Services}
   2
   3 The modules described in this chapter provide a wide range of services
   4 related to the Python interpreter and its interaction with its
   5 environment.  Here's an overview:
   6
   7 \begin{description}
   8
   9 \item[sys]
  10 --- Access system specific parameters and functions.
  11
  12 \item[types]
  13 --- Names for all built-in types.
  14
  15 \item[traceback]
  16 --- Print or retrieve a stack traceback.
  17
  18 \item[pickle]
  19 --- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back.
  20
  21 \item[shelve]
  22 --- Python object persistency.
  23
  24 \item[copy]
  25 --- Shallow and deep copy operations.
  26
  27 \item[marshal]
  28 --- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back (with
  29 different constraints).
  30
  31 \item[imp]
  32 --- Access the implementation of the \code{import} statement.
  33
  34 \item[__builtin__]
  35 --- The set of built-in functions.
  36
  37 \item[__main__]
  38 --- The environment where the top-level script is run.
  39
  40 \end{description}