is there a way to view the source of a module from within the python console?

if I'm in the python console and I want to see how a particular module works, is there an easy way to dump the source?

From stackoverflow

• Maybe

  print open('mymodule.py').read()
  

  ?

  See file.read().

  Kugel : this dumps the content of any file.

• Some of the methods of inspect module are well-suited for this purpose:

  import module
  import inspect
  src = inspect.getsource(module)
  

• Using IPython, you can do this:

  In [1]: import pyparsing
  In [2]: pyparsing.Word??
  

  ...and the source will be displayed, if possible. I guess this must use inspect under the hood, but the added convenience of ? / ?? is fantastic.

  Alok : Yeah, I use `?` and `??` all the time in IPython myself.