Removed Modules

The modules described in this chapter have been removed from the Python standard library. They are documented here to help people find replacements.

• aifc — Read and write AIFF and AIFC files
• asynchat — Asynchronous socket command/response handler
• asyncore — Asynchronous socket handler
• audioop — Manipulate raw audio data
• cgi — Common Gateway Interface support
• cgitb — Traceback manager for CGI scripts
• chunk — Read IFF chunked data
• crypt — Function to check Unix passwords
• distutils — Building and installing Python modules
• imghdr — Determine the type of an image
• imp — Access the import internals
• mailcap — Mailcap file handling
• msilib — Read and write Microsoft Installer files
• nis — Interface to Sun’s NIS (Yellow Pages)
• nntplib — NNTP protocol client
• ossaudiodev — Access to OSS-compatible audio devices
• pipes — Interface to shell pipelines
• smtpd — SMTP Server
• sndhdr — Determine type of sound file
• spwd — The shadow password database
• sunau — Read and write Sun AU files
• telnetlib — Telnet client
• uu — Encode and decode uuencode files
• xdrlib — Encode and decode XDR data