Python, Perl & PDF files

[rbt]

Are there any plans in the near future to support PDF files in Python as 
    thoroughly and completely as Perl does?

http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/search?query=pdf&mode=dist

I love Python's clean syntax and ease of use, etc. But on some things 
(PDF for example) as barbaric as Perl's syntax is, it does outshine 
Python... I hate having to use Perl just to deal with PDF files. What do 
others do???