Source code: Lib/functools.py The functools module is for higher-order functions: functions that act on or return other functions. In general, any callable object can be treated as a function for t...

Source code: Lib/turtle.py Introduction: Turtle graphics is an implementation of the popular geometric drawing tools introduced in Logo, developed by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solo...

Editors, Adam Turner and Thomas Wouters,. This article explains the new features in Python 3.13, compared to 3.12. Python 3.13 was released on October 7, 2024. For full details, see the changelog. ...

Source code: Lib/http/client.py This module defines classes that implement the client side of the HTTP and HTTPS protocols. It is normally not used directly — the module urllib.request uses it to h...

Source code: Lib/operator.py The operator module exports a set of efficient functions corresponding to the intrinsic operators of Python. For example, operator.add(x, y) is equivalent to the expres...

The CPython interpreter scans the command line and the environment for various settings. CPython implementation detail: Other implementations’ command line schemes may differ. See Alternate Impleme...

Source code: Lib/wsgiref The Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) is a standard interface between web server software and web applications written in Python. Having a standard interface makes it eas...

Editors, Elvis Pranskevichus < elvis@magic.io>, Yury Selivanov < yury@magic.io>,. This article explains the new features in Python 3.6, compared to 3.5. Python 3.6 was released on December 23, 2016...

Source code: Lib/socketserver.py The socketserver module simplifies the task of writing network servers. Availability: not WASI. This module does not work or is not available on WebAssembly. See We...

See Python Initialization Configuration for details on how to configure the interpreter prior to initialization. Before Python Initialization: In an application embedding Python, the Py_Initialize(...