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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 \section{\module{types} ---
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2 Names for all built-in types}
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4 \declaremodule{standard}{types}
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5 \modulesynopsis{Names for all built-in types.}
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8 This module defines names for all object types that are used by the
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9 standard Python interpreter, but not for the types defined by various
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10 extension modules. It is safe to use \samp{from types import *} ---
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11 the module does not export any names besides the ones listed here.
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12 New names exported by future versions of this module will all end in
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13 \samp{Type}.
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15 Typical use is for functions that do different things depending on
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16 their argument types, like the following:
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18 \begin{verbatim}
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19 from types import *
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21 if type(item) is IntType:
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27 The module defines the following names:
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30 The type of \code{None}.
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34 The type of type objects (such as returned by
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35 \function{type()}\bifuncindex{type}).
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39 The type of integers (e.g. \code{1}).
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137 \function{slice()}\bifuncindex{slice}.
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138 \end{datadesc}
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140 \begin{datadesc}{EllipsisType}
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141 The type of \code{Ellipsis}.
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144 \begin{datadesc}{TracebackType}
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145 The type of traceback objects such as found in
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146 \code{sys.exc_traceback}.
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147 \end{datadesc}
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149 \begin{datadesc}{FrameType}
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150 The type of frame objects such as found in \code{tb.tb_frame} if
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151 \code{tb} is a traceback object.
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152 \end{datadesc}
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154 \begin{datadesc}{BufferType}
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155 The type of buffer objects created by the
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156 \function{buffer()}\bifuncindex{buffer} function.
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157 \end{datadesc}
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159 \begin{datadesc}{StringTypes}
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160 A list containing \var{StringType} and \var{UnicodeType} used to
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161 facilitate easier checking for any string object, e.g. \code{s in
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162 types.StringTypes}.
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163 \end{datadesc}