Add new built-in 'help' which invokes pydoc.help (with a twist).
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 @@
[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.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 16850aa..2bf6be4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@
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