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by dragonwriter 1274 days ago
> If you haven’t already or aren’t aware, install IPython, use ipython3 as a replacement REPL and use the ‘?’ or ‘??’ operators to open the docs/definitions of the object you want to inspect.

you can read the docs in the standard REPL with help(object).

And, of course, IDEs (or editors with decent Python support plugins) will do it on hover.