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Date: Tue, 12 May 2015 01:40:23 +1000
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On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 1:22 AM, zipher <dreamingforward@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ah, yeah, I guess that does it.  But (shame) it looks like you've gone past the BDFL.  Try:
>
>>>> help(exec)
>             ^
> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>

That's because, in the version of Python you're using, exec is a
keyword. You could switch to Python 3, where it's a function, or
request it by name. Though interestingly, my Py2 doesn't have any help
on exec:

>>> help('exec')
no documentation found for 'exec'

Not sure why that is.

ChrisA