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Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:27:57 +0000
Subject: Re: Interactive keyword help
From: Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com>
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On 15 February 2012 17:23, Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/15/2012 10:04 AM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>> I didn't realise that this was available until today. =C2=A0It doesn't a=
ppear
>> to be prominent in the official docs or have I missed something?
>> Certainly I'd have thought a couple of sentences here
>> http://www.python.org/about/help/ would be justified, what do y'all thin=
k?
>>
> help() is a built-in function, not a keyword.

I think he's referring to help *on* keywords, e.g.

>>> help('yield')

--=20
Arnaud