[ python-Bugs-925628 ] help does not help with imported objects

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Bugs item #925628, was opened at 2004-03-29 16:34
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
>Priority: 2
Submitted By: Jim Jewett (jimjjewett)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: help does not help with imported objects

Initial Comment:
help(re) just says it is a wrapper for sre.  To get actually 
help, you need to explicitly import sre as well.

re.__doc__ = re.__doc__ + sre.__doc__ helps, but still 
does not list information on classes or exported functions. 

Specific requests, such as 

help(re.subn) 

do work;  it is only the module-level help that is lacking 
when a module reexports imported objects.

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