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# Utilities

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

- String conversion and formatting

- Reflection

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