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 filesasynchat--- Asynchronous socket command/response handlerasyncore--- Asynchronous socket handleraudioop--- Manipulate raw audio datacgi--- Common Gateway Interface supportcgitb--- Traceback manager for CGI scriptschunk--- Read IFF chunked datacrypt--- Function to check Unix passwordsdistutils--- Building and installing Python modulesimghdr--- Determine the type of an imageimp--- Access the import internalsmailcap--- Mailcap file handlingmsilib--- Read and write Microsoft Installer filesnis--- Interface to Sun’s NIS (Yellow Pages)nntplib--- NNTP protocol clientossaudiodev--- Access to OSS-compatible audio devicespipes--- Interface to shell pipelinessmtpd--- SMTP Serversndhdr--- Determine type of sound filespwd--- The shadow password databasesunau--- Read and write Sun AU filestelnetlib--- Telnet clientuu--- Encode and decode uuencode filesxdrlib--- Encode and decode XDR data