6. Standard Library Interfaces to the Core

How sys, inspect, dis, gc, types, importlib, ctypes, multiprocessing, and asyncio bridge Python code to CPython internals.

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52 sys
53 inspect
54 dis
55 gc
56 types
57 importlib
58 ctypes
59 multiprocessing
60 asyncio
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52. `sys`

sys module fields that expose interpreter state: sys.modules, sys._getframe, sys.getsizeof, and audit hooks.
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53. `inspect`

inspect.getmembers, signature objects, frame introspection, and source retrieval via linecache.
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54. `dis`

dis.dis output, Instruction namedtuples, the bytecode iterator API, and reading adaptive specializations.
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55. `gc`

gc.collect, gc.get_objects, gc.freeze, callbacks, and tuning generational thresholds.
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56. `types`

types.FunctionType, types.CodeType, types.SimpleNamespace, and dynamic type creation with types.new_class.
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57. `importlib`

importlib.machinery finders and loaders, importlib.util helpers, and the Python-level import bootstrap.
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58. `ctypes`

ctypes CDLL and WinDLL, fundamental types, Structure/Union layout, function prototypes, and libffi integration.
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59. `multiprocessing`

multiprocessing Process creation strategies (fork/spawn/forkserver), shared memory, and the pickle channel.
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60. `asyncio`

asyncio event loop internals, the coroutine runner, I/O selector integration, and Task scheduling.
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