Typo in results of help(divmod)

[rdfuhr]

BPO	10378
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title = 'Typo in results of help(divmod)'
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[rdfuhr]

When running Python 2.7 if you invoke

help(divmod)

the first line of the resulting help displays

Help on built-in function divmod in module __builtin__:

but I believe that the name of the module is __builtins__

so the line should say

Help on built-in function divmod in module __builtinsq__:

[rdfuhr]

I had a typo in my own bug report that was reporting a typo; what I intended to say was the following ( the q should not have been there at the end )

When running Python 2.7 if you invoke

help(divmod)

the first line of the resulting help displays

Help on built-in function divmod in module __builtin__:

but I believe that the name of the module is __builtins__

so the line should say

Help on built-in function divmod in module __builtins__:

[Trundle]

__builtin__ is the correct name for the module (see http://docs.python.org/library/__builtin__.html, especially the note at the end which is the cause of the confusion), hence this is not a bug.

[rdfuhr]

OK, thanks for the clarification. I am new to Python.

Sent from my iPod

On Nov 9, 2010, at 3:54 PM, Andreas Stührk <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:

Andreas Stührk <andy-python@hammerhartes.de> added the comment:

__builtin__ is the correct name for the module (see http://docs.python.org/library/__builtin__.html, especially the note at the end which is the cause of the confusion), hence this is not a bug.

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