[Python-Dev] Strange "help(int.__lt__)". Probably documentation bug

[Victor Stinner]

2014-11-27 13:41 GMT+01:00 Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com>:
> I am amused about the "/)" suffix in the signature. It happens to all
> magic methods.

If I remember correctly, it means  that the function does not accept keywords:

>>> (3).__lt__(4)
True
>>> (3).__lt__(value=4)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: wrapper __lt__ doesn't take keyword arguments

Victor