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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-08-07 16:02:28 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-08-07 16:02:28 (GMT) |
commit | 3700b6f94e5f5adffc337ab39cf616ac4820f313 (patch) | |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libundoc.tex b/Doc/lib/libundoc.tex index 8ca65d6..e1607a9 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libundoc.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libundoc.tex @@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ library These modules are not on the standard module search path; \indexiii{module}{search}{path} but are available in the directory \file{lib-old/} installed under -\file{\textrm{\$prefix}/lib/python1.5/}. To use any of these -modules, add that directory to \code{sys.path}, possibly using -\envvar{PYTHONPATH}. +\file{\textrm{\$prefix}/lib/python1.5/}. % $ <-- bow to font lock +To use any of these modules, add that directory to \code{sys.path}, +possibly using \envvar{PYTHONPATH}. \begin{description} \item[newdir.py] @@ -227,16 +227,20 @@ modules, add that directory to \code{sys.path}, possibly using \item[lockfile.py] --- wrapper around FCNTL file locking (use -fcntl.lockf/flock intead) +\function{fcntl.lockf()}/\function{flock()} intead) \item[tb.py] --- Print tracebacks, with a dump of local variables (use -pdb.pm() or traceback.py instead) +\function{pdb.pm()} or \module{traceback} instead) \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, -func.func_name, co.co_firstlineno) +func.func_name, co.co_firstlineno). + +\item[timingmodule] +--- Measure time intervals to high resolution (use +\function{time.clock()} instead). (This is an extension module.) \end{description} The following modules were documented in previous versions of this @@ -244,7 +248,8 @@ manual, but are now considered obsolete: \begin{description} \item[ni] ---- Import modules in ``packages.'' +--- Import modules in ``packages.'' Basic package support is now +built in. \item[rand] --- Old interface to the random number generator. @@ -267,37 +272,37 @@ dbm clone). \item[dlmodule.c] --- A highly experimental and dangerous device for calling -arbitrary C functions in arbitrary shared libraries. +arbitrary \C{} functions in arbitrary shared libraries. \item[newmodule.c] ---- Tommy Burnette's `new' module (creates new empty objects of +--- Tommy Burnette's \module{new} module (creates new empty objects of certain kinds) --- dangerous. \item[nismodule.c] --- NIS (a.k.a. Sun's Yellow Pages) interface. -\item[timingmodule.c] ---- Measure time intervals to high resolution (obsolete --- use -time.clock() instead). - \item[stdwinmodule.c] --- Interface to STDWIN (an old, unsupported platform-independent GUI package). Obsolete; use Tkinter for a platform-independent GUI instead. +\end{description} The following are SGI specific: +\begin{description} \item[clmodule.c] --- Interface to the SGI compression library. \item[svmodule.c] --- Interface to the ``simple video'' board on SGI Indigo (obsolete hardware). +\end{description} The following is Windows specific: +\begin{description} \item[msvcrtmodule.c] (in directory \file{PC/}) --- define a number of Windows -specific goodies like \code{khbit()}, \code{getch()} and -\code{setmode()}. (Windows 95 and NT only.) +specific goodies like \function{khbit()}, \function{getch()} and +\function{setmode()}. (Windows 95 and NT only.) \end{description} |