Python’s development team chose defaults that reflect the most common real-world scenarios. But if you do need to tweak the way garbage collection works, you can use Python’s gc module .

You might be wondering what a Python “package” is, and how it relates to the Python module. Essentially, a package is a group of modules with an __init__.py fie that ties them all together.

More deprecated Python modules. These modules are far less likely to be in use in any programs you’re writing or maintaining, but it’s worth knowing they have been deprecated.