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[Python-Dev] Pre-PEP Idea

[Python-Dev] Pre-PEP IdeaPaul Prescod paul@prescod.net
Sat, 15 Jul 2000 14:13:55 -0500
Moshe Zadka wrote:
> 
> ...
>
> -- have all that wonderful stuff in help.py
> -- have the startup code of the *interactive interpreter only* do
> "from help import help" at the beginning.

Sorry, that's a part I should have explanied more. 

help is not a magical function/statement but an instance with a repr
that does the right thing. And yes, it will probably only be loaded at
the repl. Or it could be a 10-line instance that loads its content when
it is actually used. That might allow

python -c "import help"

Here's a sample definition.

class helploader:
	def __repr__( self ):
		global help
		from helptext import help
		return repr( help )
	def __call__( self ):
		global help
		from helptext import help
		return repr( help )
help=helploader()

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It's difficult to extract sense from strings, but they're the only
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