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 Suns 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