#652749: document the constants added to the builtins by site.py.

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Georg Brandl 2008-01-20 13:08:37 +00:00
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Built-in Constants
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This constant is true if Python was not started with an :option:`-O` option.
Assignments to :const:`__debug__` are illegal and raise a :exc:`SyntaxError`.
See also the :keyword:`assert` statement.
Constants added by the :mod:`site` module
-----------------------------------------
The :mod:`site` module (which is imported automatically during startup, except
if the :option:`-S` command-line option is given) adds several constants to the
built-in namespace. They are useful for the interactive interpreter shell and
should not be used in programs.
.. data:: quit([code=None])
exit([code=None])
Objects that when printed, print a message like "Use quit() or Ctrl-D
(i.e. EOF) to exit", and when called, raise :exc:`SystemExit` with the
specified exit code, and when .
.. data:: copyright
license
credits
Objects that when printed, print a message like "Type license() to see the
full license text", and when called, display the corresponding text in a
pager-like fashion (one screen at a time).

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topic, and a help page is printed on the console. If the argument is any other
kind of object, a help page on the object is generated.
This function is added to the built-in namespace by the :mod:`site` module.
.. versionadded:: 2.2