The functions in this chapter perform various utility tasks, ranging from helping C code be more portable across platforms, using Python modules from C, and parsing function arguments and constructing Python values from C values.

• Operating System Utilities
• System Functions
• Process Control
• Importing Modules
• Data marshalling support
• Parsing arguments and building values
  • Parsing arguments
    • Strings and buffers
    • Numbers
    • Other objects
    • API Functions
  • Building values
• String conversion and formatting
• Reflection
• Codec registry and support functions
  • Codec lookup API
  • Registry API for Unicode encoding error handlers