Drill-down on Three Major New Modules in Python 2.5 Standard Library

The freshly minted 2.5 version of Python has lots of goodies, but the three in this article are the cream of the crop. Find out how ctypes, pysqlite, and ElementTree can save you time and aggravation in this extensive article with a ton of great sample code.

by Gigi Sayfan

November 22, 2006

his article is the second part in a three-part series about Python 2.5. The first part discussed the major changes and enhancements to the Python language itself. This part introduces the main modules that were added to the Python standard library. The third part will discuss a whole bag of smaller improvements and changes that are relevant to specific subsets of the Python community.

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Drill-down on Three Major New Modules in Python 2.5 Standard Library

The freshly minted 2.5 version of Python has lots of goodies, but the three in this article are the cream of the crop. Find out how ctypes, pysqlite, and ElementTree can save you time and aggravation in this extensive article with a ton of great sample code.

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