Is Python growing?

[scott]

Gerhard Häring wrote:
> 
> * scott <smarsh at hotmail.com> [2002-07-02 22:16 +0000]:
> > Gerhard Häring wrote:
> > [help builtin only available in Python 2.2 or later]
> >
> > You are mistaken Gerhard. 2.1.1 (Activestate on NT4) is demonstrated
> > below:
> >
> > bash-2.02$ python
> > ActivePython 2.1.1, build 212 (ActiveState)
> > Python 2.1.1 (#20, Jul 26 2001, 11:38:51) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
> > Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> > Alternative ReadLine 1.4 -- Copyright 2001, Chris Gonnerman
> 
> It's either ActiveState or your Alternative ReadLine that's installing
> pydoc.help as a builtin. In the standard Python 2.1.x, it isn't there.
> 
> Gerhard

bash-2.02$ cd /Python21
bash-2.02$ cat changes-ActivePython.txt
ActivePython changes to Python
------------------------------

This document describes changes made to the core Python sources by
ActiveState Tool Corp. for the ActivePython distribution.

1. The Python interactive shell version/copyright-info message was
extended
   to properly identify the Python executable as ActivePython (with the
   appropriate ActivePython version number).

2. Aesthetic changes were made to the standard Python documentation.

****3. Add the "help" command which calls Ping's pydoc.help****

4. Include the Tools/ directory in the installation. (a change to
   the Un*x make install target).

5. Minor build system changes to compile the _tkinter Python extension
   module.

6. Improve the error messages for Ping's pydoc when it is called from
   Unix with a wrong version of Python.

--
ActiveState Tool Corp.
18 April, 2001