[issue13691] pydoc help (or help('help')) claims to run a help utility; does nothing

[Terry J. Reedy]

Terry J. Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> added the comment:

I agree. It should explain the three options:
help(object): help on object or class of object, except
help('name'): help on object/module named 'name'
help(): run utility, which starts with utility help

help(help) prints unhelpful
"Help on _Helper in module site object:

class _Helper(builtins.object)
 |  Define the builtin 'help'.
 |  This is a wrapper around pydoc.help (with a twist).
 |  
 |  Methods defined here:
...
"
which says not at all how to use help().

I have the feeling that there is a related issue on the tracker, but searching for 'help', 'help()', or 'help(help)' all return 620 hits.

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nosy: +terry.reedy

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