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