Re: documentation: what is "::="?

2008-10-14 Thread Anita Kean
On 2008-10-14, Peter Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anita Kean wrote: >>... >> But for example, if I import the sys module and perform the following >> three commands, >> print sys.path >> sys.path.__str__() >> str(sys.path) >> >> the f

documentation: what is "::="?

2008-10-13 Thread Anita Kean
Hello I just downloaded the new python2.6 documentation, full of hopes it would solve some basic mysteries for me. I'm new to python, so please forgive my ignorance. I've two questions. 1) Everywhere in the old and new documentation, the string of characters "::=" is used in "explaining" things

Re: List of modules available for import inside Python?

2008-09-10 Thread Anita Kean
On 2008-09-10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (snip) ... > > So to refine the question: >how can I list all modules that might be importable on my system, >without actually importing them all ? > > (How about a "pydoc2" that's well thought out, doesn't crash ... > let me ask