Improve the "less" prompt in pydoc #120541
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When help() is called with non-string argument, use __qualname__ or
__name__ if available, otherwise use "{typename} object".
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When help() is called with non-string argument, use __qualname__ or
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When help() is called with non-string argument, use __qualname__ or
__name__ if available, otherwise use "{typename} object".
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Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <[email protected]>
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…120562) When help() is called with non-string argument, use __qualname__ or __name__ if available, otherwise use "{typename} object". (cherry picked from commit 31d1d72) Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <[email protected]>
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When help() is called with non-string argument, use __qualname__ or
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When help() is called with non-string argument, use __qualname__ or
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When help() is called with non-string argument, use __qualname__ or
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In #65824 the "Help on ..." was added in the "less" prompt in pydoc. It works good in the CLI or hen you call
help()with a string, but unfortunately, it is not so good forhelp()used in the REPL with non-string argument. For example,help(str)has a prompt starting with "Help on type ", andhelp(str.upper)-- "Help on method_descriptor ". In the latter case, the help text itself is started with "Help on method_descriptor:", but this is a different issue.The proposed PR improves the prompt. It now uses the objects
__qualname__or__name__if they are available (this covers classes, functions, methods, and many others), and falls back to "{typename} object" otherwise.Linked PRs
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