Re: Understanding "help" command description syntax - explanation needed

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On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 7:13 AM, Ivan Evstegneev <webmailgroups@gmail.com> 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.

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Re: Understanding "help" command description syntax - explanation needed Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2014-11-05 07:16 -0500
  Re: Understanding "help" command description syntax - explanation needed Darren Chen <ccylily1314@gmail.com> - 2014-11-06 22:50 -0800
    Re: Understanding "help" command description syntax - explanation needed cl@isbd.net - 2014-11-07 09:36 +0000
      Re: Understanding "help" command description syntax - explanation needed Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2014-11-07 12:17 +0000
        Re: Understanding "help" command description syntax - explanation needed Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-11-07 07:42 -0500
          Re: Understanding "help" command description syntax - explanation needed Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-07 23:52 +1100
            Re: Understanding "help" command description syntax - explanation needed Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2014-11-07 08:03 -0500
        Re: Understanding "help" command description syntax - explanation needed William Ray Wing <wrw@mac.com> - 2014-11-07 10:03 -0500

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