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\begin{itemize}
! \item Ka-Ping Yee contributed two new modules: \module{inspect.py}, a module for
! getting information about live Python code, and \module{pydoc.py}, a
! module for interactively converting docstrings to HTML or text.
! As a bonus, \file{Tools/scripts/pydoc}, which is now automatically
! installed, uses \module{pydoc.py} to display documentation given a Python module, package, or class name. For example,
! \samp{pydoc xml.dom} displays the following:
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\begin{itemize}
! \item Ka-Ping Yee contributed two new modules: \module{inspect.py}, a
! module for getting information about live Python code, and
! \module{pydoc.py}, a module for interactively converting docstrings to
! HTML or text. As a bonus, \file{Tools/scripts/pydoc}, which is now
! automatically installed, uses \module{pydoc.py} to display
! documentation given a Python module, package, or class name. For
! example, \samp{pydoc xml.dom} displays the following:
\begin{verbatim}
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\end{verbatim}
+ \file{pydoc} also includes a Tk-based interactive help browser.
\file{pydoc} quickly becomes addictive; try it out!
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\item Support for raw socket access has been added to the
\module{socket} module, contributed by Grant Edwards.
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+ \item The \module{pstats} module now contains a simple interactive
+ statistics browser for displaying timing profiles for Python programs,
+ invoked when the module is run as a script. Contributed by
+ Eric S.\ Raymond.
\item A new implementation-dependent function, \function{sys._getframe(\optional{depth})},
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