|  | Thrift Python Software Library | 
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|  | Using Thrift with Python | 
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|  | Thrift is provided as a set of Python packages. The top level package is | 
|  | thrift, and there are subpackages for the protocol, transport, and server | 
|  | code. Each package contains modules using standard Thrift naming conventions | 
|  | (i.e. TProtocol, TTransport) and implementations in corresponding modules | 
|  | (i.e. TSocket).  There is also a subpackage reflection, which contains | 
|  | the generated code for the reflection structures. | 
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|  | The Python libraries can be installed manually using the provided setup.py | 
|  | file, or automatically using the install hook provided via autoconf/automake. | 
|  | To use the latter, become superuser and do make install. |