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#9364: Improve the text printed by help(pydoc) and help(help).

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R David Murray 2014-04-19 12:59:30 -04:00
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Lib/_sitebuiltins.py
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@ -87,8 +87,12 @@ def __call__(self):
class _Helper(object):
"""Define the builtin 'help'.
This is a wrapper around pydoc.help (with a twist).
This is a wrapper around pydoc.help that provides a helpful message
when 'help' is typed at the Python interactive prompt.
Calling help() at the Python prompt starts an interactive help session.
Calling help(thing) prints help for the python object 'thing'.
"""
def __repr__(self):

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Lib/pydoc.py
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@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Generate Python documentation in HTML or text for interactive use.
In the Python interpreter, do "from pydoc import help" to provide
help. Calling help(thing) on a Python object documents the object.
At the Python interactive prompt, calling help(thing) on a Python object
documents the object, and calling help() starts up an interactive
help session.
Or, at the shell command line outside of Python:
@ -1865,7 +1866,7 @@ def help(self, request):
def intro(self):
self.output.write('''
Welcome to Python %s! This is the interactive help utility.
Welcome to Python %s's help utility!
If this is your first time using Python, you should definitely check out
the tutorial on the Internet at http://docs.python.org/%s/tutorial/.