not sure if this ever worked. first time using help([object]), but these should work according to the documentation. OS is Win7 SP1 32-bit.

Python 3.3.3 (v3.3.3:c3896275c0f6, Nov 18 2013, 21:18:40) [MSC v.1600 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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>>> help(list)
Not enough memory.

>>> help(list())
Not enough memory.

>>> help([])
Not enough memory.

>>> help(tuple())
Not enough memory.

>>> help(())
Not enough memory.

>>> help(str.format)
Not enough memory.

>>> help(str)
Not enough memory.

>>> help(b'1234')
Not enough memory.

>>> help(str.strip)
Not enough memory.

>>> help(str.count)
Not enough memory.

>>>