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        <h1 id="python-3-module">Python 3 module</h1>
<p>This module provides support for dealing with Python 3. It has the
following methods.</p>
<p>This module is deprecated and replaced by the
<a href="Python-module.html">python</a> module.</p>
<h2 id="find_python">find_python</h2>
<p>This is a cross platform way of finding the Python 3 executable, which
may have a different name on different operating systems. Returns a
<a href="Reference-manual_returned_program.html"><ins><code>program</code></ins></a> object.</p>
<p><em>Added 0.38.0</em></p>
<p>Deprecated, replaced by
<a href="Python-module.html#find_installation"><code>find_installation</code></a> function
from <code>python</code> module.</p>
<h2 id="extension_module">extension_module</h2>
<p>Creates a <code>shared_module</code> target that is named according to the naming
conventions of the target platform. All positional and keyword
arguments are the same as for
<a href="Reference-manual_functions.html#shared_module"><ins><code>shared_module()</code></ins></a>.</p>
<p><code>extension_module</code> does not add any dependencies to the library so user may
need to add <code>dependencies : dependency('python3')</code>, see
<a href="Dependencies.html#python3">Python3 dependency</a>.</p>
<p><em>Added 0.38.0</em></p>
<p>Deprecated, replaced by
<a href="Python-module.html#extension_module"><code>extension_module</code></a> method from
<code>python</code> module.</p>
<h2 id="language_version">language_version</h2>
<p>Returns a string with the Python language version such as <code>3.5</code>.</p>
<p><em>Added 0.40.0</em></p>
<p>Deprecated, replaced by
<a href="Python-module.html#language_version"><code>language_version</code></a> method from
<code>python</code> module.</p>
<h2 id="sysconfig_path">sysconfig_path</h2>
<p>Returns the Python sysconfig path without prefix, such as
<code>lib/python3.6/site-packages</code>.</p>
<p><em>Added 0.40.0</em></p>
<p>Deprecated, replaced by <a href="Python-module.html#get_path"><code>get_path</code></a>
method from <code>python</code> module.</p>

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