:py:mod:`base`
==============

.. py:module:: conda.base

.. autoapi-nested-parse::

   Code in ``conda.base`` is the lowest level of the application stack.  It is loaded and executed
   virtually every time the application is executed. Any code within, and any of its imports, must
   be highly performant.

   Conda modules importable from ``conda.base`` are

   - ``conda._vendor``
   - ``conda.base``
   - ``conda.common``

   Modules prohibited from importing ``conda.base`` are:

   - ``conda._vendor``
   - ``conda.common``

   All other ``conda`` modules may import from ``conda.base``.



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   constants/index.rst
   context/index.rst
   exceptions/index.rst