[gymbeaux]

Right on.

To be clear, the core "issue" is whether developers use or like to use that functionality, and to that end I say I never use it for Python (obviously- since I didn't know of its existence). More succinctly, it seems like other languages have "more popular" alternatives.

[itishappy]

Agreed! I've never found myself making much use of Python's help feature, but I do all the time in Haskell! Wonder why?

[gymbeaux]

If you're being facetious, I would love to know why you use Haskell's but not Python's. Is it a better UX? A lack of alternatives like intellisense?

[itishappy]

Totally serious. I'm not claiming it's the best, but it's how I use the tools. There's a few reasons:

1. It's just how I learned. Googled my way through Python, then learned Haskell much later via a book which explicitly recommends using the REPL to get info about functions.

2. Types. I'm typically only looking for type information. A quick `:t` or `:i` is usually all I need in Haskell. I know Python half has them now, but I'm not

3. I'm certainly weird here, but I turn autocomplete and other pop-ups off. I find it distracting, and prefer the more intentional action of typing stuff into a REPL. Heck, I even do it in the VSCode terminal.

In summary: IDK, weird I guess. I should probably use it more in Python.