The modules described in this chapter provide a wide range of services
related to the Python interpreter and its interaction with its
environment. Here's an overview:
| sys |
|
Access system-specific parameters and functions. |
| __builtin__ |
|
The module that provides the built-in namespace. |
| __main__ |
|
The environment where the top-level script is run. |
| warnings |
|
Issue warning messages and control their disposition. |
| contextlib |
|
Utilities for with-statement contexts. |
| atexit |
|
Register and execute cleanup functions. |
| traceback |
|
Print or retrieve a stack traceback. |
| __future__ |
|
Future statement definitions |
| gc |
|
Interface to the cycle-detecting garbage collector. |
| inspect |
|
Extract information and source code from live objects. |
| site |
|
A standard way to reference site-specific modules. |
| user |
|
A standard way to reference user-specific modules. |
| fpectl |
|
Provide control for floating point exception handling. |