In [1]: abs?
Type: builtin_function_or_method
Base Class: <type 'builtin_function_or_method'>
String Form: <built-in function abs>
Namespace: Python builtin
Docstring:
abs(number) -> number
Return the absolute value of the argument.
In [1]: import json
In [2]: json.dumps??
Type: function
Base Class: <type 'function'>
String Form:<function dumps at 0x101f0bc08>
Namespace: Interactive
File: /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.2/lib/python2.7/json/__init__.py
Definition: json.dumps(obj, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True, allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None, encoding='utf-8', default=None, **kw)
Source:
def dumps(obj, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None,
encoding='utf-8', default=None, **kw):
""" [snip (excellent) docstring] """
# cached encoder
if (not skipkeys and ensure_ascii and
check_circular and allow_nan and
cls is None and indent is None and separators is None and
encoding == 'utf-8' and default is None and not kw):
return _default_encoder.encode(obj)
#snip rest of func
