Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Bob Martin Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Understanding "help" command description syntax - explanation needed Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 12:17:07 GMT Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <000001cff8e7$af51ef30$0df5cd90$@gmail.com> <88543346.5460.1415188500802.JavaMail.root@sequans.com> <000501cff8f1$ed99cc40$c8cd64c0$@gmail.com> <57af10d4-3891-4eec-8c46-5fa625ebe591@googlegroups.com> X-Trace: individual.net fEdpsrXLbwVieBXjAyFctgp+r27qb8Ml/UNACs2WQQivcBFNnc X-Orig-Path: BERLIN : news.individual.net Cancel-Lock: sha1:nbep+QOMARkpTNfgafsrnQv5nNA= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:80357 in 730867 20141107 093651 cl@isbd.net wrote: >Darren Chen wrote: >> 在 2014年11月5日星期三UTC+8下午8时17分11秒，Larry....@gmail.com写道： >> > On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 7:13 AM, Ivan Evstegneev wrote: >> > > Firtst of all thanks for reply. >> > > >> > >>>brackets [] means that the argument is optional. >> > > >> > > That's what I'm talking about (asking actually), where do you know it from? >> > >> > I know it because I've been a programmer for 39 years. >> >> that's awesome！！ > >Well I started in 1971 or thereabouts. 1959 for me ;-)