Source code: Lib/crypt.py This module implements an interface to the crypt(3) routine, which is a one-way hash function based upon a modified DES algorithm; see the Unix man page for further detail...

Source code: Lib/xmlrpc/client.py XML-RPC is a Remote Procedure Call method that uses XML passed via HTTP(S) as a transport. With it, a client can call methods with parameters on a remote server (t...

Author, A.M. Kuchling,. This article explains the new features in Python 2.3. Python 2.3 was released on July 29, 2003. The main themes for Python 2.3 are polishing some of the features added in 2....

Source code: Lib/base64.py This module provides functions for encoding binary data to printable ASCII characters and decoding such encodings back to binary data. It provides encoding and decoding f...

Source code: Lib/socket.py This module provides access to the BSD socket interface. It is available on all modern Unix systems, Windows, MacOS, and probably additional platforms. Availability: not ...

The test package contains all regression tests for Python as well as the modules test.support and test.regrtest. test.support is used to enhance your tests while test.regrtest drives the testing su...

Source code: Lib/bz2.py This module provides a comprehensive interface for compressing and decompressing data using the bzip2 compression algorithm. The bz2 module contains: The open() function and...

Overview: Memory management in Python involves a private heap containing all Python objects and data structures. The management of this private heap is ensured internally by the Python memory manag...

Source code: Lib/bdb.py The bdb module handles basic debugger functions, like setting breakpoints or managing execution via the debugger. The following exception is defined: The bdb module also def...

Source code: Lib/tabnanny.py For the time being this module is intended to be called as a script. However it is possible to import it into an IDE and use the function check() described below.