# `!xdrlib` --- Encode and decode XDR data

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xdrlib

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3.11 3.13

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This module is no longer part of the Python standard library. It was `removed in Python 3.13 <whatsnew313-pep594>` after being deprecated in Python 3.11. The removal was decided in `594`.

The last version of Python that provided the `!xdrlib` module was [Python 3.12](https://docs.python.org/3.12/library/xdrlib.html).