Add new built-in 'help' which invokes pydoc.help (with a twist).

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Guido van Rossum 2001-06-12 16:48:52 +00:00
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@ -236,6 +236,20 @@ __builtin__.license = _Printer(
[os.path.join(here, os.pardir), here, os.curdir])
# Define new built-in 'help'.
# This is a wrapper around pydoc.help (with a twist).
class _Helper:
def __repr__(self):
return "Type help() for interactive help, " \
"or help(object) for help about object."
def __call__(self, *args, **kwds):
import pydoc
return pydoc.help(*args, **kwds)
__builtin__.help = _Helper()
# Set the string encoding used by the Unicode implementation. The
# default is 'ascii', but if you're willing to experiment, you can
# change this.