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<dt><a href="warnings/index.html#index-0">Python Enhancement Proposals!PEP 230</a>, <a href="warnings/index.html#index-1">[1]</a></dt>
<dt><a href="sqlite3/index.html#index-0">Python Enhancement Proposals!PEP 249</a></dt>
<dt><a href="string/index.html#index-0">Python Enhancement Proposals!PEP 292</a>, <a href="string/index.html#index-1">[1]</a></dt>
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<dt><a href="abc/index.html#index-0">Python Enhancement Proposals!PEP 3119</a></dt>
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<dt><a href="contextlib/index.html#index-0">Python Enhancement Proposals!PEP 343</a></dt>
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<dt><a href="smtplib/index.html#index-2">RFC 1869</a></dt>
<dt><a href="hmac/index.html#index-0">RFC 2104</a>, <a href="hmac/index.html#index-1">[1]</a>, <a href="hmac/index.html#index-2">[2]</a></dt>
<dt><a href="Cookie/index.html#index-0">RFC 2109</a>, <a href="Cookie/index.html#index-1">[1]</a></dt>
<dt><a href="urlparse/index.html#index-0">RFC 2396</a></dt>
<dt><a href="smtpd/index.html#index-0">RFC 2822</a>, <a href="smtpd/index.html#index-1">[1]</a>, <a href="BaseHTTPServer/index.html#index-0">[2]</a>, <a href="smtplib/index.html#index-4">[3]</a>, <a href="imaplib/index.html#index-2">[4]</a>, <a href="imaplib/index.html#index-4">[5]</a>, <a href="imaplib/index.html#index-6">[6]</a></dt>
<dt><a href="smtplib/index.html#index-0">RFC 2882</a></dt>
<dt><a href="imaplib/index.html#index-0">RFC 3501</a>, <a href="imaplib/index.html#index-1">[1]</a>, <a href="imaplib/index.html#index-3">[2]</a></dt>
<dt><a href="base64/index.html#index-0">RFC 3548</a></dt>
<dt><a href="uuid/index.html#index-0">RFC 4122</a>, <a href="uuid/index.html#index-1">[1]</a>, <a href="uuid/index.html#index-2">[2]</a></dt>
<dt><a href="smtplib/index.html#index-1">RFC 821</a></dt>
<dt><a href="smtplib/index.html#index-3">RFC 822</a>, <a href="imaplib/index.html#index-5">[1]</a></dt>
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<dt><a href="rlcompleter/index.html#module-rlcompleter">rlcompleter (module)</a></dt>
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