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