This directory contains a number of Python programs that are useful | |
while building or extending Python. | |
bgen Generate complete extension modules from a | |
description. Still under development! | |
WARNING: bgen has been removed in 3.0. | |
compiler Tools used to maintain the compiler package in the | |
standard library. | |
faqwiz FAQ Wizard. | |
See http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw.py | |
for a live example. | |
freeze Create a stand-alone executable from a Python program. | |
gdb Python code to be run inside gdb, to make it easier to | |
debug Python itself (by David Malcolm). | |
i18n Tools for internationalization. pygettext.py | |
parses Python source code and generates .pot files, | |
and msgfmt.py generates a binary message catalog | |
from a catalog in text format. | |
scripts A number of useful single-file programs, e.g. tabnanny.py | |
by Tim Peters, which checks for inconsistent mixing of | |
tabs and spaces, and 2to3, which converts Python 2 code | |
to Python 3 code. | |
unicode Tools used to generate unicode database files for | |
Python 2.0 (by Fredrik Lundh). | |
versioncheck A tool to automate checking whether you have the latest | |
version of a package (by Jack Jansen). | |
webchecker A link checker for web sites. | |
world Script to take a list of Internet addresses and print | |
out where in the world those addresses originate from, | |
based on the top-level domain country code found in | |
the address. |