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@@ -392,6 +392,16 @@ def my_import(name):
the case for 1 and 1.0).
\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{help}{\optional{object}}
+ Invoke the built-in help system. (This function is intended for
+ interactive use.) If no argument is given, the interactive help
+ system starts on the interpreter console. If the argument is a
+ string, then the string is looked up as the name of a module,
+ function, class, method, keyword, or documentation topic, and a
+ help page is printed on the console. If the argument is any other
+ kind of object, a help page on the object is generated.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
\begin{funcdesc}{hex}{x}
Convert an integer number (of any size) to a hexadecimal string.
The result is a valid Python expression. Note: this always yields