The most important modules

[Kalle Svensson]

Sez Martyn Quick:
> I've seen a few comments along the lines of "When you are a newbie it will
> take a while to realize which the important modules are."  As someone who
> is in the middle of wading through Chapter 3 of the Library Reference, it
> would be very helpful to know which ones are particularly worth
> noting.  (Presumably  sys, (c)Pickle and shelve, from the ones I've so far
> in the chapter - but what other treats are out there for me?)

That very much depends on what you're trying to do.  I tend to use "os" a
lot, because most of my scripts need it.  "traceback" can be useful.
If you're a Unixer, check out "rlcompleter".  "getopt" is good.
But most importantly (IMHO):
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/builtin.html

Peace,
  Kalle
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