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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/site.py | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 5 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py index 73b3281..b8174f9 100644 --- a/Lib/site.py +++ b/Lib/site.py @@ -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. @@ -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 |