Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.redatomik.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'importing': 0.05; 'subject:code': 0.07; 'broke': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'whatever.': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; '"exec"': 0.16; "'for',": 0.16; "'if',": 0.16; "'in',": 0.16; "'with',": 0.16; '2.7.3': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:dip0.t-ipconnect.de': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'received:t-ipconnect.de': 0.16; 'somewhere.': 0.16; 'topics': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; '>>>': 0.22; 'import': 0.22; 'installation': 0.23; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; "i've": 0.25; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; "doesn't": 0.30; "skip:' 10": 0.31; 'too.': 0.31; '>>>>': 0.31; 'accidentally': 0.31; 'keywords,': 0.31; "skip:' 40": 0.31; 'maybe': 0.34; 'something': 0.35; 'case,': 0.35; 'false': 0.36; 'system,': 0.38; 'needed': 0.38; 'skip:[ 10': 0.38; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.38; '12,': 0.39; 'sure': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'even': 0.60; 'is.': 0.60; 'more': 0.64; 'mar': 0.68; 'topics.': 0.68; '2014,': 0.84; '2015': 0.84; 'otten': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> Subject: Re: code blocks Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 18:59:46 +0200 Organization: None References: <66312d54-de5a-4015-99b5-41d332559e00@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: p57bd9680.dip0.t-ipconnect.de User-Agent: KNode/4.13.3 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+ Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 61 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1431363599 news.xs4all.nl 2884 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:42664 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:90414 Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 2:01 AM, Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> wrote: >> Though interestingly, my Py2 doesn't have any help >>> on exec: >>> >>>>>> help('exec') >>> no documentation found for 'exec' >>> >>> Not sure why that is. >> >> Path confusion? You may accidentally be importing Python 3's topics. >> Try >> >>>>> from pydoc_data import topics >>>>> topics.__file__ >> '/usr/lib/python2.7/pydoc_data/topics.pyc' >>>>> "exec" in topics.topics >> True > > Peculiar. > > $ python > Python 2.7.3 (default, Mar 13 2014, 11:03:55) > [GCC 4.7.2] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>> from pydoc_data import topics >>>> topics.__file__ > '/usr/lib/python2.7/pydoc_data/topics.pyc' >>>> "exec" in topics.topics > False >>>> topics.topics.keys() > ['conversions', 'debugger', 'attribute-access', 'augassign', > 'numeric-types', 'context-managers', 'bitwise', 'global', 'numbers', > 'customization', 'in', 'floating', 'integers', 'naming', 'if', > 'binary', 'raise', 'for', 'typesmapping', 'subscriptions', > 'specialnames', 'typesseq', 'dynamic-features', 'bltin-code-objects', > 'continue', 'dict', 'bltin-type-objects', 'import', 'typesmethods', > 'pass', 'atom-literals', 'slicings', 'function', 'typesseq-mutable', > 'bltin-ellipsis-object', 'execmodel', 'return', 'exprlists', 'power', > 'booleans', 'string-methods', 'assignment', 'callable-types', 'yield', > 'lists', 'else', 'assert', 'formatstrings', 'objects', 'shifting', > 'unary', 'compound', 'typesfunctions', 'imaginary', 'specialattrs', > 'with', 'class', 'types', 'break', 'calls', 'try', 'identifiers', > 'atom-identifiers', 'id-classes', 'bltin-null-object', 'while', > 'attribute-references', 'del', 'truth', 'sequence-types', > 'exceptions', 'comparisons', 'operator-summary', 'typesmodules', > 'strings', 'lambda'] Note that "print" is missing, too. > Whatever. I've made a few messes on this system, maybe I broke > something somewhere. Probably. > In any case, help('exec') is what's needed for > help on keywords, even if one particular installation doesn't have one > particular keyword-help.