Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> hello,
> I have a small module which only contains some utility functions. when
> running this standalone I would like to show the module docs and each
> function docs, as if doing
>
> import M
> help(M)
>
> I came up with the following but I reckon there is a much simpler way?
>
> if __name__ == '__main__':
> print __doc__
> print "\nFUNCTIONS:\n"
> for x in __all__:
> print x
> exec "print " + x + ".__doc__"
>
> Works but does not seem right using exec for such a task.
>
> any hint would be great!
if __name__ == "__main__":
help("__main__")
The only downside is that the module name is printed as '__main__'.
Thomas
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