commit 44d7b6ad60c151d2a265c326c1f7cf26d3c9dc18
author Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> Thu Sep 09 03:53:22 2010 +0000
committer Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> Thu Sep 09 03:53:22 2010 +0000
tree d294781112900852e67666d7965abb1f6bc97c5f
parent bd889e8c40da62b4a2aaa99d2b1ef50291b49342

Add docstring to cmd.Cmd.do_help()

Lib/cmd.py

diff --git a/Lib/cmd.py b/Lib/cmd.py
index 85282f8..8fa7d01 100644
--- a/Lib/cmd.py
+++ b/Lib/cmd.py
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@
         return list(commands | topics)
 
     def do_help(self, arg):
+        'List available commands with "help" or detailed help with "help cmd".'
         if arg:
             # XXX check arg syntax
             try:

Lib/test/test_cmd.py

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cmd.py b/Lib/test/test_cmd.py
index 75aa6bb..a1799f9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_cmd.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cmd.py
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@
     <BLANKLINE>
     Documented commands (type help <topic>):
     ========================================
-    add
+    add  help
     <BLANKLINE>
     Undocumented commands:
     ======================
-    exit  help  shell
+    exit  shell
     <BLANKLINE>
 
     Test for the function print_topics():
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@
     <BLANKLINE>
     Documented commands (type help <topic>):
     ========================================
-    add
+    add  help
     <BLANKLINE>
     Undocumented commands:
     ======================
-    exit  help  shell
+    exit  shell
     <BLANKLINE>
     help text for add
     Hello from postloop