Superseded Modules

The modules described in this chapter are deprecated and only kept for backwards compatibility. They have been superseded by other modules.

• aifc — Read and write AIFF and AIFC files
• asynchat — Asynchronous socket command/response handler
  • asynchat Example
• asyncore — Asynchronous socket handler
  • asyncore Example basic HTTP client
  • asyncore Example basic echo server
• audioop — Manipulate raw audio data
• cgi — Common Gateway Interface support
  • Introduction
  • Using the cgi module
  • Higher Level Interface
  • Functions
  • Caring about security
  • Installing your CGI script on a Unix system
  • Testing your CGI script
  • Debugging CGI scripts
  • Common problems and solutions
• cgitb — Traceback manager for CGI scripts
• chunk — Read IFF chunked data
• crypt — Function to check Unix passwords
  • Hashing Methods
  • Module Attributes
  • Module Functions
  • Examples
• imghdr — Determine the type of an image
• imp — Access the import internals
  • Examples
• mailcap — Mailcap file handling
• msilib — Read and write Microsoft Installer files
  • Database Objects
  • View Objects
  • Summary Information Objects
  • Record Objects
  • Errors
  • CAB Objects
  • Directory Objects
  • Features
  • GUI classes
  • Precomputed tables
• nis — Interface to Sun’s NIS (Yellow Pages)
• nntplib — NNTP protocol client
  • NNTP Objects
    • Attributes
    • Methods
  • Utility functions
• optparse — Parser for command line options
  • Background
    • Terminology
    • What are options for?
    • What are positional arguments for?
  • Tutorial
    • Understanding option actions
    • The store action
    • Handling boolean (flag) options
    • Other actions
    • Default values
    • Generating help
      • Grouping Options
    • Printing a version string
    • How optparse handles errors
    • Putting it all together
  • Reference Guide
    • Creating the parser
    • Populating the parser
    • Defining options
    • Option attributes
    • Standard option actions
    • Standard option types
    • Parsing arguments
    • Querying and manipulating your option parser
    • Conflicts between options
    • Cleanup
    • Other methods
  • Option Callbacks
    • Defining a callback option
    • How callbacks are called
    • Raising errors in a callback
    • Callback example 1: trivial callback
    • Callback example 2: check option order
    • Callback example 3: check option order (generalized)
    • Callback example 4: check arbitrary condition
    • Callback example 5: fixed arguments
    • Callback example 6: variable arguments
  • Extending optparse
    • Adding new types
    • Adding new actions
  • Exceptions
• ossaudiodev — Access to OSS-compatible audio devices
  • Audio Device Objects
  • Mixer Device Objects
• pipes — Interface to shell pipelines
  • Template Objects
• smtpd — SMTP Server
  • SMTPServer Objects
  • DebuggingServer Objects
  • PureProxy Objects
  • SMTPChannel Objects
• sndhdr — Determine type of sound file
• spwd — The shadow password database
• sunau — Read and write Sun AU files
  • AU_read Objects
  • AU_write Objects
• telnetlib — Telnet client
  • Telnet Objects
  • Telnet Example
• uu — Encode and decode uuencode files
• xdrlib — Encode and decode XDR data
  • Packer Objects
  • Unpacker Objects
  • Exceptions