Next: Built-in Objects Prev: Top Up: Top Top: Top

1. Introduction

The Python library consists of three parts, with different levels of integration with the interpreter. Closest to the interpreter are built-in types, exceptions and functions. Next are built-in modules, which are written in C and linked statically with the interpreter. Finally there are standard modules that are implemented entirely in Python, but are always available. For efficiency, some standard modules may become built-in modules in future versions of the interpreter.