Add documentation for the help() built-in; contributed by Ka-Ping Yee.

freddrake · freddrake · commit 732299ff63d7 · 2001-12-18T16:31:08.000Z
This is part of SF patch #494622.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -392,6 +392,16 @@ \section{Built-in Functions \label{built-in-funcs}}
   the case for 1 and 1.0).
 \end{funcdesc}
 
+\begin{funcdesc}{help}{\optional{object}}
+  Invoke the built-in help system.  (This function is intended for
+  interactive use.)  If no argument is given, the interactive help
+  system starts on the interpreter console.  If the argument is a
+  string, then the string is looked up as the name of a module,
+  function, class, method, keyword, or documentation topic, and a
+  help page is printed on the console.  If the argument is any other
+  kind of object, a help page on the object is generated.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
 \begin{funcdesc}{hex}{x}
   Convert an integer number (of any size) to a hexadecimal string.
   The result is a valid Python expression.  Note: this always yields
