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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-04-09 14:32:28 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1998-04-09 14:32:28 (GMT)
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Don't assume that \version expands to the 3-character major.minor number; it
is the full release version name ("1.5.1beta1", for instance). Add section for previously documented obsolete modules. Includes ni, rand, and soundex.
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@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ 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/python\version/}. To use any of these
+\file{\textrm{\$prefix}/lib/python1.5/}. To use any of these
modules, add that directory to \code{sys.path}, possibly using
\envvar{PYTHONPATH}.
@@ -266,6 +266,21 @@ code object (these are now accessible as attributes: co.co_name,
func.func_name, co.co_firstlineno)
\end{description}
+The following modules were documented in previous versions of this
+manual, but are now considered obsolete:
+
+\begin{description}
+\item[ni]
+--- Import modules in ``packages.''
+
+\item[rand]
+--- Old interface to the random number generator.
+
+\item[soundex]
+--- Algorithm for collapsing names which sound similar to a shared
+key. (This is an extension module.)
+\end{description}
+
\section{Extension modules}