object.__getnewargs__() This method serve a similar purpose as __getnewargs_ex__() but for protocols 2 and newer. It must return a tuple of arguments args which will be passed to the __new__() method upon unpickling. In protocols 4 and newer, __getnewargs__() will not be called if __getnewargs_ex__() is defined.

os.cpu_count() Return the number of CPUs in the system. Returns None if undetermined. New in version 3.4.

window.syncup() Touch all locations in ancestors of the window that have been changed in the window.

oss_audio_device.reset() Immediately stop playing or recording and return the device to a state where it can accept commands. The OSS documentation recommends closing and re-opening the device after calling reset().

report() Print (to sys.stdout) a comparison between a and b.

Record.GetFieldCount() Return the number of fields of the record, through MsiRecordGetFieldCount().

pickle.dumps(obj, protocol=None, *, fix_imports=True) Return the pickled representation of the object as a bytes object, instead of writing it to a file. Arguments protocol and fix_imports have the same meaning as in dump().

flush() All changes to MH mailboxes are immediately applied, so this method does nothing.

os.setegid(egid) Set the current process’s effective group id. Availability: Unix.

msilib.add_tables(database, module) Add all table content from module to database. module must contain an attribute tables listing all tables for which content should be added, and one attribute per table that has the actual content. This is typically used to install the sequence tables.