why does "help(import)" not work?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 6 Nov 2009, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Nov 2009, Chris Rebert wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 1:56 AM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at crashcourse.ca> wrote:
> > >  i'm sure there's a painfully obvious answer to this, but is there a
> > > reason i can't do:
> > >
> > >>>> help(import)
> > >  File "<stdin>", line 1
> > >    help(import)
> > >              ^
> > > SyntaxError: invalid syntax
> > >>>>
>
> > It would take a hideous kludge to make help(import) work.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Chris
>
>   um ... ok, i'll take your word for it, but is there at least a
> generalizable pattern for what is directly help()able and what
> isn't?

  never mind, i was just educated on the proper usage of help().  i
*knew* i was going to embarrass myself when i asked that.  :-P  back
to reading.

rday
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