Kaydet (Commit) ae4d5c23 authored tarafından Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Various updates.

üst 66239d55
...@@ -31,15 +31,11 @@ This is a package rather than a module. ...@@ -31,15 +31,11 @@ This is a package rather than a module.
\section{Miscellaneous useful utilities} \section{Miscellaneous useful utilities}
Some of these are very old and/or not very robust; marked with ``hmm''. Some of these are very old and/or not very robust; marked with ``hmm.''
\begin{description} \begin{description}
\item[dircmp.py] \item[dircmp.py]
--- class to build directory diff tools on --- class to build directory diff tools on (may become a demo or tool)
\item[pipes.py]
--- Conversion pipeline templates (hmm, used by \module{toaiff} and
\module{torgb})
\item[pty.py] \item[pty.py]
--- Pseudo terminal utilities --- Pseudo terminal utilities
...@@ -51,7 +47,7 @@ Some of these are very old and/or not very robust; marked with ``hmm''. ...@@ -51,7 +47,7 @@ Some of these are very old and/or not very robust; marked with ``hmm''.
--- A generic Python debugger base class (used by pdb) --- A generic Python debugger base class (used by pdb)
\item[ihooks.py] \item[ihooks.py]
--- Import hook support (for rexec) --- Import hook support (for \refmodule{rexec}; may become obsolete)
\end{description} \end{description}
...@@ -77,17 +73,14 @@ document these. ...@@ -77,17 +73,14 @@ document these.
\begin{description} \begin{description}
\item[audiodev.py] \item[audiodev.py]
--- Plays audio files --- Platform-independent API for playing audio data
\item[sunau.py]
--- parse Sun and NeXT audio files
\item[sunaudio.py] \item[sunaudio.py]
--- interpret sun audio headers --- interpret sun audio headers (may become obsolete or a tool/demo)
\item[toaiff.py] \item[toaiff.py]
--- Convert "arbitrary" sound files to AIFF files; should probably --- Convert "arbitrary" sound files to AIFF files; should probably
become a tool or demo become a tool or demo. Requires the external program \program{sox}.
\end{description} \end{description}
...@@ -98,10 +91,11 @@ Some of these may be made into tools or demos in future releases. ...@@ -98,10 +91,11 @@ Some of these may be made into tools or demos in future releases.
\begin{description} \begin{description}
\item[find.py] \item[find.py]
--- find files matching pattern in directory tree --- find files matching pattern in directory tree (may become a demo
or tool, or possibly obsolete)
\item[grep.py] \item[grep.py]
--- grep --- grep (may become a demo or tool)
\item[mutex.py] \item[mutex.py]
--- Mutual exclusion --- for use with module sched --- Mutual exclusion --- for use with module sched
...@@ -128,15 +122,17 @@ possibly using \envvar{PYTHONPATH}. ...@@ -128,15 +122,17 @@ possibly using \envvar{PYTHONPATH}.
\begin{description} \begin{description}
\item[newdir.py] \item[newdir.py]
--- New dir() function (the standard dir() is now just as good) --- New \function{dir()} function (the standard \function{dir()} is
now just as good)
\item[addpack.py] \item[addpack.py]
--- standard support for "packages" --- standard support for "packages"
\item[codehack.py] \item[codehack.py]
--- Extract function name or line number from a function --- Extract function name or line number from a function
code object (these are now accessible as attributes: co.co_name, code object (these are now accessible as attributes:
func.func_name, co.co_firstlineno). \member{co.co_name}, \member{func.func_name},
\member{co.co_firstlineno}).
\item[dump.py] \item[dump.py]
--- Print python code that reconstructs a variable --- Print python code that reconstructs a variable
...@@ -149,7 +145,7 @@ func.func_name, co.co_firstlineno). ...@@ -149,7 +145,7 @@ func.func_name, co.co_firstlineno).
\item[lockfile.py] \item[lockfile.py]
--- wrapper around FCNTL file locking (use --- wrapper around FCNTL file locking (use
\function{fcntl.lockf()}/\function{flock()} intead) \function{fcntl.lockf()}/\function{flock()} intead; see \refmodule{fcntl})
\item[poly.py] \item[poly.py]
--- Polynomials --- Polynomials
...@@ -176,7 +172,9 @@ func.func_name, co.co_firstlineno). ...@@ -176,7 +172,9 @@ func.func_name, co.co_firstlineno).
\end{description} \end{description}
The following modules were documented in previous versions of this The following modules were documented in previous versions of this
manual, but are now considered obsolete: manual, but are now considered obsolete. The source for the
documentation is still available as part of the documentation source
archive.
\begin{description} \begin{description}
\item[ni] \item[ni]
...@@ -195,9 +193,6 @@ key. (This is an extension module.) ...@@ -195,9 +193,6 @@ key. (This is an extension module.)
\section{Extension modules} \section{Extension modules}
\begin{description} \begin{description}
\item[cursesmodule.c]
--- Curses interface.
\item[dlmodule.c] \item[dlmodule.c]
--- A highly experimental and dangerous device for calling --- A highly experimental and dangerous device for calling
arbitrary \C{} functions in arbitrary shared libraries. arbitrary \C{} functions in arbitrary shared libraries.
...@@ -211,7 +206,8 @@ platform-independent GUI package). Obsolete; use Tkinter for a ...@@ -211,7 +206,8 @@ platform-independent GUI package). Obsolete; use Tkinter for a
platform-independent GUI instead. platform-independent GUI instead.
\end{description} \end{description}
The following are SGI specific: The following are SGI specific, and may be out of touch with the
current version of reality.
\begin{description} \begin{description}
\item[clmodule.c] \item[clmodule.c]
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