Architecture of pip’s internals

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Direct use of pip’s internals is not supported, and these internals can change at any time. For more details, see Using pip from your program.

• Broad functionality overview
  • Broad overview of flow
• Repository anatomy & directory structure
  • Root and tools
  • src directory
• Finding and choosing files (index.py and PackageFinder)
  • Overview
  • The PackageFinder class
  • The LinkCollector class
  • The LinkEvaluator class
  • The CandidateEvaluator class
  • The CandidatePreferences class
  • The BestCandidateResult class