On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Paul Prescod wrote: > 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() BTW, that should probably be CCed to the doc-sig, because that information has to come from somewhere. doc-sig traffic kind of died after the initial IPC8-induced burst. Fred, any plans on seriously reviving doc-sig? -- Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il> There is no GOD but Python, and HTTP is its prophet. http://advogato.org/person/moshez
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