"BJörn Lindqvist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In fact, it almost seems like[...] There exist better third party > modules and packages of most functionality in the standard > library. The only examples I can think of that seem to have a > "monopoly" is subprocess, decimal, thread and pickle. Are there any > more? Maybe when ElementTree joins the stdlib it will also have a > monopoly on DOM parsers.
I'm not sure what criteria should be used for "monopoly" in that context. For me, standard library modules that do their one thing well enough that I don't consider looking elsewhere: re struct unicodedata decimal random logging Queue urlparse email A shorter list than I expected, now that I come to make it. -- \ "Time is the great legalizer, even in the field of morals." -- | `\ Henry L. Mencken | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list