These modules are not on the standard module search path;
but are available in the directory "lib-old/" installed under
" $prefix/lib/python1.5/". To use any of these modules, add that directory to sys.path,
possibly using $PYTHONPATH.
- newdir.py
- -- New dir() function (the standard dir() is now just as good)
- addpack.py
- -- standard support for "packages"
- fmt.py
- -- text formatting abstractions (too slow)
- Para.py
- -- helper for fmt.py
- lockfile.py
- -- wrapper around FCNTL file locking (use
fcntl.lockf()/flock() intead)
- tb.py
- -- Print tracebacks, with a dump of local variables (use
pdb.pm() or traceback instead)
- codehack.py
- -- Extract function name or line number from a function
code object (these are now accessible as attributes: co.co_name,
func.func_name, co.co_firstlineno).
- timingmodule
- -- Measure time intervals to high resolution (use
time.clock() instead). (This is an extension module.)
The following modules were documented in previous versions of this
manual, but are now considered obsolete:
- ni
- -- Import modules in ``packages.'' Basic package support is now
built in.
- rand
- -- Old interface to the random number generator.
- soundex
- -- Algorithm for collapsing names which sound similar to a shared
key. (This is an extension module.)
