dynamically modify help text

[Emile van Sebille]

On 6/28/2010 12:02 PM Benjamin Kaplan said...
> Just to save the OP some trouble later on: this optimization is done
> for most of the __*__ methods. Overriding __add__ on an instance won't
> change the behavior of a + b.

ActivePython 2.4.1 Build 247 (ActiveState Corp.) based on
Python 2.4.1 (#65, Jun 20 2005, 17:01:55) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on 
win32
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 >>> class Test: pass
...
 >>> i = Test()
 >>> i+1
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'instance' and 'int'
 >>> def __add__(self): return 6
...
 >>> i.__add__ = __add__
 >>> i+1
6
 >>>

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Emile