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.. _module_reorg:
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===========================
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IPython module organization
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===========================
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As of the 0.11 release of IPython, the top-level packages and modules have
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been completely reorganized. This section describes the purpose of the
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top-level IPython subpackages.
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Subpackage descriptions
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* :mod:`IPython.config`. This package contains the configuration system of
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IPython, as well as default configuration files for the different IPython
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applications.
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* :mod:`IPython.core`. This sub-package contains the core of the IPython
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interpreter, but none of its extended capabilities.
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* :mod:`IPython.deathrow`. This is for code that is outdated, untested,
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rotting, or that belongs in a separate third party project. Eventually all
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this code will either i) be revived by someone willing to maintain it with
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tests and docs and re-included into IPython or 2) be removed from IPython
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proper, but put into a separate third-party Python package. No new code will
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be allowed here.
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* :mod:`IPython.extensions`. This package contains fully supported IPython
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extensions. These extensions adhere to the official IPython extension API
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and can be enabled by adding them to a field in the configuration file.
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* :mod:`IPython.external`. This package contains third party packages and
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modules that IPython ships internally to reduce the number of dependencies.
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Usually, these are short, single file modules.
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* :mod:`IPython.frontend`. This package contains the various IPython
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frontends. Currently, the code in this subpackage is very experimental and
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may be broken.
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* :mod:`IPython.gui`. Another semi-experimental wxPython based IPython GUI.
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* :mod:`IPython.kernel`. This contains IPython's parallel computing system.
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* :mod:`IPython.lib`. IPython has many extended capabilities that are not part
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of the IPython core. These things will go here and in. Modules in this
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package are similar to extensions, but don't adhere to the official
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IPython extension API.
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* :mod:`IPython.quarantine`. This is for code that doesn't meet IPython's
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standards, but that we plan on keeping. To be moved out of this sub-package
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a module needs to have approval of the core IPython developers, tests and
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documentation.
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* :mod:`IPython.scripts`. This package contains a variety of top-level
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command line scripts. Eventually, these should be moved to the
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:file:`scripts` subdirectory of the appropriate IPython subpackage.
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* :mod:`IPython.utils`. This sub-package will contain anything that might
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eventually be found in the Python standard library, like things in
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:mod:`genutils`. Each sub-module in this sub-package should contain
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functions and classes that serve a single purpose and that don't
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depend on things in the rest of IPython.
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