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