On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 10:35 AM, Stefan Ram <r...@zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>>should
>> help(3.1415926536) #or whatever precision is used in
>> module math
>>produce anything?
>
> That question made me try something else whose output
> surprises me:
>
> |Python 3.7.0 ...
> |>>> help( 'math.pi' )
> |Help on float in math object:
> |
> |math.pi = class float(object)
> | | math.pi(x=0, /)
> | |
> | | Convert a string or number to a floating point number, if possible.
> | |...
Yes, that's correct; it's critical for anything that's a keyword (eg
help("if")), but legal for others. And it can have the side-effect of
importing and caching a module.
ChrisA
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