.. _undoc:
********************
Undocumented Modules
********************
Here's a quick listing of modules that are currently undocumented, but that
should be documented. Feel free to contribute documentation for them! (Send
via email to docs@python.org.)
The idea and original contents for this chapter were taken from a posting by
Fredrik Lundh; the specific contents of this chapter have been substantially
revised.
Miscellaneous useful utilities
==============================
Some of these are very old and/or not very robust; marked with "hmm."
:mod:`ihooks`
--- Import hook support (for :mod:`rexec`; may become obsolete). Removed in
Python 3.x.
Platform specific modules
=========================
These modules are used to implement the :mod:`os.path` module, and are not
documented beyond this mention. There's little need to document these.
:mod:`ntpath`
--- Implementation of :mod:`os.path` on Win32, Win64, WinCE, and OS/2 platforms.
:mod:`posixpath`
--- Implementation of :mod:`os.path` on POSIX.
:mod:`bsddb185`
--- Backwards compatibility module for systems which still use the Berkeley DB
1.85 module. It is normally only available on certain BSD Unix-based systems.
It should never be used directly.
Multimedia
==========
:mod:`audiodev`
--- Platform-independent API for playing audio data. Removed in Python 3.x.
:mod:`linuxaudiodev`
--- Play audio data on the Linux audio device. Replaced in Python 2.3 by the
:mod:`ossaudiodev` module. Removed in Python 3.x.
:mod:`sunaudio`
--- Interpret Sun audio headers (may become obsolete or a tool/demo).
Removed in Python 3.x.
:mod:`toaiff`
--- Convert "arbitrary" sound files to AIFF files; should probably become a tool
or demo. Requires the external program :program:`sox`. Removed in Python 3.x.
.. _undoc-mac-modules:
Undocumented Mac OS modules
===========================
:mod:`applesingle` --- AppleSingle decoder
------------------------------------------
.. module:: applesingle
:platform: Mac
:synopsis: Rudimentary decoder for AppleSingle format files.
:deprecated:
.. deprecated:: 2.6
:mod:`buildtools` --- Helper module for BuildApplet and Friends
---------------------------------------------------------------
.. module:: buildtools
:platform: Mac
:synopsis: Helper module for BuildApplet, BuildApplication and macfreeze.
:deprecated:
.. deprecated:: 2.4
:mod:`cfmfile` --- Code Fragment Resource module
------------------------------------------------
.. module:: cfmfile
:platform: Mac
:synopsis: Code Fragment Resource module.
:deprecated:
:mod:`cfmfile` is a module that understands Code Fragments and the accompanying
"cfrg" resources. It can parse them and merge them, and is used by
BuildApplication to combine all plugin modules to a single executable.
.. deprecated:: 2.4
:mod:`icopen` --- Internet Config replacement for :meth:`open`
--------------------------------------------------------------
.. module:: icopen
:platform: Mac
:synopsis: Internet Config replacement for open().
:deprecated:
Importing :mod:`icopen` will replace the built-in :meth:`open` with a version
that uses Internet Config to set file type and creator for new files.
.. deprecated:: 2.6
:mod:`macerrors` --- Mac OS Errors
----------------------------------
.. module:: macerrors
:platform: Mac
:synopsis: Constant definitions for many Mac OS error codes.
:deprecated:
:mod:`macerrors` contains constant definitions for many Mac OS error codes.
.. deprecated:: 2.6
:mod:`macresource` --- Locate script resources
----------------------------------------------
.. module:: macresource
:platform: Mac
:synopsis: Locate script resources.
:deprecated:
:mod:`macresource` helps scripts finding their resources, such as dialogs and
menus, without requiring special case code for when the script is run under
MacPython, as a MacPython applet or under OSX Python.
.. deprecated:: 2.6
:mod:`Nav` --- NavServices calls
--------------------------------
.. module:: Nav
:platform: Mac
:synopsis: Interface to Navigation Services.
:deprecated:
A low-level interface to Navigation Services.
.. deprecated:: 2.6
:mod:`PixMapWrapper` --- Wrapper for PixMap objects
---------------------------------------------------
.. module:: PixMapWrapper
:platform: Mac
:synopsis: Wrapper for PixMap objects.
:deprecated:
:mod:`PixMapWrapper` wraps a PixMap object with a Python object that allows
access to the fields by name. It also has methods to convert to and from
:mod:`PIL` images.
.. deprecated:: 2.6
:mod:`videoreader` --- Read QuickTime movies
--------------------------------------------
.. module:: videoreader
:platform: Mac
:synopsis: Read QuickTime movies frame by frame for further processing.
:deprecated:
:mod:`videoreader` reads and decodes QuickTime movies and passes a stream of
images to your program. It also provides some support for audio tracks.
.. deprecated:: 2.6
:mod:`W` --- Widgets built on :mod:`FrameWork`
----------------------------------------------
.. module:: W
:platform: Mac
:synopsis: Widgets for the Mac, built on top of FrameWork.
:deprecated:
The :mod:`W` widgets are used extensively in the :program:`IDE`.
.. deprecated:: 2.6
.. _obsolete-modules:
Obsolete
========
These modules are not normally available for import; additional work must be
done to make them available.
These extension modules written in C are not built by default. Under Unix, these
must be enabled by uncommenting the appropriate lines in :file:`Modules/Setup`
in the build tree and either rebuilding Python if the modules are statically
linked, or building and installing the shared object if using dynamically-loaded
extensions.
.. (lib-old is empty as of Python 2.5)
Those which are written in Python will be installed into the directory
\file{lib-old/} installed as part of the standard library. To use
these, the directory must be added to \code{sys.path}, possibly using
\envvar{PYTHONPATH}.
:mod:`timing`
--- Measure time intervals to high resolution (use :func:`time.clock`
instead). Removed in Python 3.x.
SGI-specific Extension modules
==============================
The following are SGI specific, and may be out of touch with the current version
of reality.
:mod:`cl`
--- Interface to the SGI compression library.
:mod:`sv`
--- Interface to the "simple video" board on SGI Indigo (obsolete hardware).
Removed in Python 3.x.
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