why does "help(import)" not work?

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Fri, 6 Nov 2009, Brian Quinlan wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
> help() is just a regular function that must be called with correct
> Python syntax and the import keyword is not allowed in an argument
> list.
>
> The correct syntax is:
> help('import')

  ah, ok, now it makes sense.  so python3 just lets me be sloppy about
it, as in:

  >>> help(print)

  got it.

rday
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