| # Python 3 module | |
| This module provides support for dealing with Python 3. It has the | |
| following methods. | |
| This module is deprecated and replaced by the | |
| [python](Python-module.md) module. | |
| ## find_python | |
| This is a cross platform way of finding the Python 3 executable, which | |
| may have a different name on different operating systems. Returns a | |
| [[@program]] object. | |
| *Added 0.38.0* | |
| Deprecated, replaced by | |
| [`find_installation`](Python-module.md#find_installation) function | |
| from `python` module. | |
| ## extension_module | |
| Creates a `shared_module` target that is named according to the naming | |
| conventions of the target platform. All positional and keyword | |
| arguments are the same as for | |
| [[shared_module]]. | |
| `extension_module` does not add any dependencies to the library so user may | |
| need to add `dependencies : dependency('python3')`, see | |
| [Python3 dependency](Dependencies.md#python3). | |
| *Added 0.38.0* | |
| Deprecated, replaced by | |
| [`extension_module`](Python-module.md#extension_module) method from | |
| `python` module. | |
| ## language_version | |
| Returns a string with the Python language version such as `3.5`. | |
| *Added 0.40.0* | |
| Deprecated, replaced by | |
| [`language_version`](Python-module.md#language_version) method from | |
| `python` module. | |
| ## sysconfig_path | |
| Returns the Python sysconfig path without prefix, such as | |
| `lib/python3.6/site-packages`. | |
| *Added 0.40.0* | |
| Deprecated, replaced by [`get_path`](Python-module.md#get_path) | |
| method from `python` module. |