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28. Python Runtime Services¶

The modules described in this chapter provide a wide range of services related to the Python interpreter and its interaction with its environment. Here’s an overview:

  • 28.1. sys — System-specific parameters and functions
  • 28.2. sysconfig — Provide access to Python’s configuration information
    • 28.2.1. Configuration variables
    • 28.2.2. Installation paths
    • 28.2.3. Other functions
    • 28.2.4. Using sysconfig as a script
  • 28.3. builtins — Built-in objects
  • 28.4. __main__ — Top-level script environment
  • 28.5. warnings — Warning control
    • 28.5.1. Warning Categories
    • 28.5.2. The Warnings Filter
      • 28.5.2.1. Default Warning Filters
    • 28.5.3. Temporarily Suppressing Warnings
    • 28.5.4. Testing Warnings
    • 28.5.5. Updating Code For New Versions of Python
    • 28.5.6. Available Functions
    • 28.5.7. Available Context Managers
  • 28.6. contextlib — Utilities for with-statement contexts
    • 28.6.1. Utilities
    • 28.6.2. Examples and Recipes
      • 28.6.2.1. Supporting a variable number of context managers
      • 28.6.2.2. Simplifying support for single optional context managers
      • 28.6.2.3. Catching exceptions from __enter__ methods
      • 28.6.2.4. Cleaning up in an __enter__ implementation
      • 28.6.2.5. Replacing any use of try-finally and flag variables
      • 28.6.2.6. Using a context manager as a function decorator
  • 28.7. abc — Abstract Base Classes
  • 28.8. atexit — Exit handlers
    • 28.8.1. atexit Example
  • 28.9. traceback — Print or retrieve a stack traceback
    • 28.9.1. Traceback Examples
  • 28.10. __future__ — Future statement definitions
  • 28.11. gc — Garbage Collector interface
  • 28.12. inspect — Inspect live objects
    • 28.12.1. Types and members
    • 28.12.2. Retrieving source code
    • 28.12.3. Introspecting callables with the Signature object
    • 28.12.4. Classes and functions
    • 28.12.5. The interpreter stack
    • 28.12.6. Fetching attributes statically
    • 28.12.7. Current State of a Generator
  • 28.13. site — Site-specific configuration hook
  • 28.14. fpectl — Floating point exception control
    • 28.14.1. Example
    • 28.14.2. Limitations and other considerations
  • 28.15. distutils — Building and installing Python modules

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