| 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. |