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<p>A module is deprecated when it cannot or will not be maintained indefinitely in the standard library.

Deprecated modules may not receive security fixes or other important updates.

See PEP 4 for a list of all deprecated modules.

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<recommendation>

<p>Do not import the deprecated module. Replace uses of it with uses of a better maintained module.

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<references>

<li>Python PEPs: <a href="http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0004/">PEP 4 -- Deprecation of Standard Modules </a>.</li>

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