Entry format follows standard library module format
Description is concise and ends with a period
Why This Project Is Awesome
Industry Standard
Explain:
functools is a core Python standard library module that provides higher-order functions
and utilities for working with callables. It is widely used in production codebases
and is an essential part of functional-style programming in Python.
How It Differs
As a Python standard library module, functools is officially maintained and
deeply integrated into the language, making it distinct from third-party
functional programming libraries listed in this section.
🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.
## 📋 Pull Request Information
**Original PR:** https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/pull/2895
**Author:** [@NinjaOfNeurons](https://github.com/NinjaOfNeurons)
**Created:** 2/1/2026
**Status:** ✅ Merged
**Merged:** 2/1/2026
**Merged by:** [@JinyangWang27](https://github.com/JinyangWang27)
**Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `add-stdlib-functools`
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### 📝 Commits (3)
- [`df021e8`](https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/commit/df021e87d5667265ae79591dd3b81974953cb930) Add functools to Functional Programming section
- [`5f2655e`](https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/commit/5f2655e5172da3eef88dbcce7d21d187b09c20a5) removing extra space
- [`82455f3`](https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/commit/82455f3d1b4d5b2653a354b596b451213f03d386) Fix alphabetical order in Computer Vision section
### 📊 Changes
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### 📄 Description
## Project
[functools](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functools.html)
## Checklist
- [x] One project per PR
- [x] PR title format: `Add functools`
- [x] Entry format follows standard library module format
- [x] Description is concise and ends with a period
## Why This Project Is Awesome
- [x] **Industry Standard**
Explain:
`functools` is a core Python standard library module that provides higher-order functions
and utilities for working with callables. It is widely used in production codebases
and is an essential part of functional-style programming in Python.
## How It Differs
As a Python standard library module, `functools` is officially maintained and
deeply integrated into the language, making it distinct from third-party
functional programming libraries listed in this section.
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📋 Pull Request Information
Original PR: https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python/pull/2895
Author: @NinjaOfNeurons
Created: 2/1/2026
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 2/1/2026
Merged by: @JinyangWang27
Base:
master← Head:add-stdlib-functools📝 Commits (3)
df021e8Add functools to Functional Programming section5f2655eremoving extra space82455f3Fix alphabetical order in Computer Vision section📊 Changes
1 file changed (+1 additions, -0 deletions)
View changed files
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README.md(+1 -0)📄 Description
Project
functools
Checklist
Add functoolsWhy This Project Is Awesome
Explain:
functoolsis a core Python standard library module that provides higher-order functionsand utilities for working with callables. It is widely used in production codebases
and is an essential part of functional-style programming in Python.
How It Differs
As a Python standard library module,
functoolsis officially maintained anddeeply integrated into the language, making it distinct from third-party
functional programming libraries listed in this section.
🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.