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Revision a7891718e1293dc9afa1dacb77a59f1895611f75 authored by Barry Warsaw on 01 August 1996, 15:53:09 UTC, committed by Barry Warsaw on 01 August 1996, 15:53:09 UTC 
(py-mode): comment-start is now "# " so indent-for-comment does the
 
right thing.

(py-comment-region): let-bind comment-start to "## " so commented
regions get transformed into non-indenting comment lines.

(py-compute-region): Implement modification to rule for recognizing
"indenting comment lines".
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libpython.tex 
\chapter{Python 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:

\begin{description}

\item[sys]
--- Access system specific parameters and functions.

\item[types]
--- Names for all built-in types.

\item[traceback]
--- Print or retrieve a stack traceback.

\item[pickle]
--- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back.

\item[shelve]
--- Python object persistency.

\item[copy]
--- Shallow and deep copy operations.

\item[marshal]
--- Convert Python objects to streams of bytes and back (with
different constraints).

\item[imp]
--- Access the implementation of the \code{import} statement.

\item[parser]
--- Retrieve and submit parse trees from and to the runtime support
environment.

\item[__builtin__]
--- The set of built-in functions.

\item[__main__]
--- The environment where the top-level script is run.

\end{description}
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