Humberto Diogenes wrote: > Hi, > > It seems that help() doesn't work on instances in py3k. > > Is this what this ticket is about? > http://bugs.python.org/issue1883 > > > Python 3.0a4+ (py3k:62469M, Apr 23 2008, 20:46:05) > [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465)] on darwin > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > >>> class C: > ... """Bla""" > ... > >>> help(C) > Help on class C in module __main__: > > class C(builtins.object) > | Bla > | > | Data descriptors defined here: > | > | __dict__ > | dictionary for instance variables (if defined) > | > | __weakref__ > | list of weak references to the object (if defined) > > >>> c = C() > >>> help(c) > Help on C in module __main__: > > <__main__.C object at 0x4a8ab8> > > > help(instance) should give the same answer as help(Class), right?
Yes. A bug was introduced in the pydoc.render_doc() function, during the removal of classic classes: The "not (inspect.ismodule...)" test should be in a "if" statement, not a "elif". If nobody does it before, I will take care of this tonight. -- Amaury Forgeot d'Arc _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
