Python provides a number of modules to assist in working with thePython language. These modules support tokenizing, parsing, syntaxanalysis, bytecode disassembly, and various other facilities.
| parser | | Access parse trees for Python source code. |
| symbol | | Constants representing internal nodes of the parse tree. |
| token | | Constants representing terminal nodes of the parse tree. |
| keyword | | Test whether a string is a keyword in Python. |
| tokenize | | Lexical scanner for Python source code. |
| tabnanny | | Tool for detecting white space related problems in Python source files in a directory tree. |
| pyclbr | | Supports information extraction for a Python class browser. |
| py_compile | | Compile Python source files to byte-code files. |
| compileall | | Tools for byte-compiling all Python source files in a directory tree. |
| dis | | Disassembler for Python byte code. |
| pickletools | | Contains extensive comments about the pickle protocols and pickle-machine opcodes, as well as some useful functions. |
| distutils | | Support for building and installing Python modules into an existing Python installation. |
