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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-06-12 16:48:52 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2001-06-12 16:48:52 (GMT)
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Add new built-in 'help' which invokes pydoc.help (with a twist).
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@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ Library
In standard mode, 'q' and 'Q' are supported on all platforms, and are
8-byte integral types.
+- The site module installs a new built-in function 'help' that invokes
+ pydoc.help. It must be invoked as 'help()'; when invoked as 'help',
+ it displays a message reminding the user to use 'help()' or
+ 'help(object)'.
+
Tests
- New test_mutants.py runs dict comparisons where the key and value