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REPL: display Scaladoc
Like the :doc command in the Scala 3 REPL. (And, does Ammonite have a version of this?)
Easy form of this improvement: display the URL of the relevant doc.
Harder form: show the actual Scaladoc in the terminal.
(And, does Ammonite have a version of this?)
AFAIK it does not, it does have source() which is suggested also for the use case of viewing docs.
(Source viewing is another handy feature in Ammonite and REPLs in other languages where I've seen it, but I'll take it elsewhere since this issue has a clear and worthy focus on Scaladoc).
Access to the source code is desirable as well. Perhaps it's enough to provide a link to the online Scaladoc, since the online Scaladoc then links to the source.
I've removed my assignment since although I've long intended to tackle this myself, that hasn't happened. It is very much open for a volunteer.
Just commenting, this is an important issue IMO.
A big, big part of my experience learning Scala is overcoming the sharpness of the learning curve for the syntax/built-ins.
An equivalent to help([1, 2, 3]) in the Python interpreter would be tremendous.
