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●README
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The CPython Developer's Guide
This guide covers how to contribute to CPython. It is known by the
nickname of "the devguide" by the Python core developers.
The official home of this guide is https://devguide.python.org.
Render HTML
To render the devguide to HTML under _build/html, run:
make html
To render the devguide to HTML, and open the result in a browser, run:
make htmlview
To maintain a live view of edits as they are saved, run:
make htmllive
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