[Python-Dev] Online help scope

[Greg Ewing]

Tim Peters <tim.one@home.com>:

> [Paul Prescod]

> > Keywords have no docstrings.

> Neither do integers, but they're obvious too <wink>.

Oh, I don't know, it could be useful.

>>> help(2)
The first prime number.

>>> help(2147483647)
sys.maxint, the largest Python small integer.

>>> help(42)
The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe
and everything. See also: ultimate_question.

>>> help("ultimate_question")
[Importing research.mice.earth]
[Calling earth.find_ultimate_question]
This may take about 10 million years, please be patient...

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