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diff --git a/Lib/site.py b/Lib/site.py
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--- 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.