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Add documentation for the help() built-in; contributed by Ka-Ping Yee. This is part of SF patch #494622.
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1 \chapter{Built-in Functions, Types, and Exceptions \label{builtin}}
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3 Names for built-in exceptions and functions are found in a separate
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4 symbol table. This table is searched last when the interpreter looks
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5 up the meaning of a name, so local and global
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6 user-defined names can override built-in names. Built-in types are
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7 described together here for easy reference.\footnote{
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8 Most descriptions sorely lack explanations of the exceptions
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9 that may be raised --- this will be fixed in a future version of
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10 this manual.}
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11 \indexii{built-in}{types}
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12 \indexii{built-in}{exceptions}
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13 \indexii{built-in}{functions}
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14 \index{symbol table}
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16 The tables in this chapter document the priorities of operators by
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17 listing them in order of ascending priority (within a table) and
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18 grouping operators that have the same priority in the same box.
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19 Binary operators of the same priority group from left to right.
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20 (Unary operators group from right to left, but there you have no real
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21 choice.) See chapter 5 of the \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python
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22 Reference Manual} for the complete picture on operator priorities.