30. Python Language Services

Python provides a number of modules to assist in working with the Python language. These modules support tokenizing, parsing, syntax analysis, bytecode disassembly, and various other facilities.

These modules include:

parser		Access parse trees for Python source code.
symbol		Constants representing internal nodes of the parse tree.
token		Constants representing terminal nodes of the parse tree.
keyword		Test whether a string is a keyword in Python.
tokenize		Lexical scanner for Python source code.
tabnanny		Tool for detecting white space related problems in Python source files in a directory tree.
pyclbr		Supports information extraction for a Python class browser.
py_compile		Compile Python source files to byte-code files.
compileall		Tools for byte-compiling all Python source files in a directory tree.
dis		Disassembler for Python byte code.
pickletools		Contains extensive comments about the pickle protocols and pickle-machine opcodes, as well as some useful functions.
distutils		Support for building and installing Python modules into an existing Python installation.

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