Goal: Learn about selected Python libraries.

Python Libraries:

sys - provides access to some of the state of the Python interpreter. Some of this state is very useful, and some is just in the 'nice-to-have' category.

types - constants for the builtin types.

traceback - support for examining the call stack (mostly useful as a piece of debugging support).

pickle - convert Python objects to/from portable byte-streams (c.f. Java 1.1's new object serialization interface)

shelve - Python persistent object storage

copy - shallow and deep object copying operations

marshal - more byte stream conversions.

imp - access to import implementation.

__builtin__ - access to all builtin Python Identifiers.

__main__ - the top level object

string - string manipulation
regex - regular expression support
regsub - regular expression based substitution and splitting
struct - convert from packed binary (C structs) to/from stings
math - standard mathematical functions and constants
rand - pseudo-random number generator
whrandom - Wichmann-Hill random number generator
array - high efficiency array implementation
os - portable OS API
time - time related functions
getopt - standard C getopt functionality
tempfile - generate temp file name
signal - access to POSIX signals
socket - BSD socket style network interface
select - BSD select interface
thread - lightweight process threads
posix - access to POSIX system calls
posixpath - pathname functions from POSIX
pwd - UNIX passwd file access routines
grp - UNIX group file access
dbm - BSD ndbm file access method
gdbm - any guesses?
anydbm - generic dbm-style interface (uses whatever your system prefers)
bsddb - BSD keyed db file access routines
curses - terminal independent I/O
termios - POSIX tty control API
fcntl - POSIX file and I/O control interfaces
posixfile - file object with support for locking

pdb - command line debugger
wdb - windowed debugger using STDWIN
profile - code execution profiler
pstats - view profiler statistics
dis - Python bytecode disassembler

glob - UNIX file name expansion
grep - file searching capabilities
util - the stuff that didn't belong anywhere obvious

cgi - form handling at the HTTPD server
urllib - open a URL using sockets
httplib - HTTP protocol
ftplib - FTP protocol
gopherlib - GOPHER protocol
nntplib - NNTP protocol
urlparse - parse URL strings to tuples
htmllib - HTML parser
sgmllib - SGML parser subset (enough to build the HTML parser)
rfc822 - mail header parser
mimetools - MIME message header parser

audioop - manipulate audio samples
imageop - manipulate images
aifc - audio file access for AIFF/AIFC formats
jpeg - image file access for JPEG format
rgbimg - image file access for SGI RGB files (doesn't require SGI)

md5 - RSA's MD5 message digest algorithm
mpz - GNU multiple precision integer library
rotor - rotor based encryption engine (i.e. German WWII Enigma)

Tkinter - standard Python GUI API
stdwin - access to STDWIN window system
stdwinevents - plumbing for above
rect - more plumbing

SGI IRIX - vendor specific interfaces
Macintosh - as above
Windows/MFC - as above
Linux - as above?
sunaudiodev - as above