Re: How do you use `help` when write your code

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From	Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
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Subject	Re: How do you use `help` when write your code
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In article <mailman.11570.1404702375.18130.python-list@python.org>,
 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
 
> That's about it, yeah. I tend to find both strace and tcpdump rather
> too spammy for most usage, so any time I reach for those tools, it's
> usually with some tight filtering - and even that's not always
> helpful.

Usually, when I fire up strace, it's because I'm looking for something 
specific.  A common use case is, "I just edited this config file, but it 
doesn't seem to be having any effect".  I'll do something like "strace 
-e file" and grep out all the open() calls.  From there, it's trivial to 
verify that it is indeed reading my config file (or not).  Or that 
there's other config files (/usr/share/whatever) that it's reading that 
I didn't even know existed, which might be overriding my own.  Likewise 
for which libraries it's linking against, which executables it's 
running, etc.

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How do you use `help` when write your code Shiyao Ma <i@introo.me> - 2014-07-07 00:36 +0800
  Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-06 17:52 +0000
    Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-07-06 13:22 -0500
    Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-06 14:48 -0400
  Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2014-07-06 11:48 -0700
    Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-07-06 19:58 +0100
      Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-06 15:15 -0400
        Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-07 08:54 +1000
          Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-06 20:52 -0400
            Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-07 13:06 +1000
              Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-07 07:22 -0400
                Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-07 21:36 +1000
        Re: How do you use `help` when write your code Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2014-07-07 11:51 +1000

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